鹵

See also: 卤, 滷, and 歯

鹵 U+9E75, 鹵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E75 ← 鹴 [U+9E74] CJK Unified Ideographs 鹶 → [U+9E76]

⿄ U+2FC4, ⿄ KANGXI RADICAL SALT ← ⿃ [U+2FC3] Kangxi Radicals ⿅ → [U+2FC5]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

鹵 (Kangxi radical 197, 鹵+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜田戈戈 (YWII), four-corner 2160₀, composition ⿴占𠂭)

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/鹵
• 塷, 𢟧, 𢲸, 滷, 樐, 磠, 𮔶, 𧫓, 𮠾, 鏀, 𢧽, 𣤓, 𭫪, 蓾, 𥱾, 㔪, 㲶, 䀋, 𣰹

Related characters

• 卤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1507, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47528
• Dae Jaweon: page 2035, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4609, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9E75

Chinese

trad.		鹵
simp.		卤*
alternative forms		𠧸 𰀖

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鹵
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (鹵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
滷	*raːʔ, *r̥ʰjaɡ, *l'eːɡ
鹵	*raːʔ
樐	*raːʔ
蓾	*raːʔ
鏀	*raːʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a bag of salt. Compare 西.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la (“salt”); compare Proto-Tani *lo (“salt”) (Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǔ (lu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lû
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘ / lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lu³
    • Yale: lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lû
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: luX

Rime
Character	鹵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎古切
Baxter	luX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luoX/
Pan Wuyun	/luoX/
Shao Rongfen	/loX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔX/
Li Rong	/loX/
Wang Li	/luX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鹵	鹵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǔ	lǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ luX ›	‹ luX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaʔ/	/*[r]ˁaʔ/
English	salty (land)	rustic, coarse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鹵
Reading #	1/1
No.	8519
Phonetic component	鹵
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	魯
Old Chinese	/*raːʔ/

Definitions

鹵

1. saline soil
2. natural salt
3. (～素) (chemistry) halogen
4. a surname

Compounds

• 三鹵甲烷／三卤甲烷
• 光鹵石／光卤石
• 斥鹵／斥卤
• 流血漂鹵／流血漂卤
• 潟鹵／潟卤
• 澤鹵／泽卤
• 磧鹵／碛卤
• 粗鹵／粗卤 (cūlǔ)
• 舄鹵／舄卤
• 莽鹵／莽卤
• 頑鹵／顽卤
• 鹵人／卤人
• 鹵化／卤化 (lǔhuà)
• 鹵化物／卤化物 (lǔhuàwù)
• 鹵化銀／卤化银 (lǔhuàyín)
• 鹵地／卤地
• 鹵族／卤族 (lǔzú)
• 鹵水／卤水 (lǔshuǐ)
• 鹵簿／卤簿 (lǔbù)
• 鹵素／卤素 (lǔsù)
• 鹵素燈／卤素灯
• 鹵莽／卤莽 (lǔmǎng)
• 鹵莽滅裂／卤莽灭裂 (lǔmǎngmièliè)
• 鹵鈍／卤钝

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 鹵 – see 滷 (“thick sauce; to stew in soy sauce and spices; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 滷).

References

• “鹵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

鹵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. salt

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kun: しお (shio, 鹵); しおち (shiochi, 鹵); たて (tate, 鹵)

Compounds

• 粗鹵(そろ) (soro), 疎鹵(そろ) (soro), 麁鹵(そろ) (soro)
• 鹵獲(ろかく) (rokaku)
• 鹵石(ろせき) (roseki)
• 鹵簿(ろぼ) (robo, “imperial procession”)
• 鹵莽(ろもう) (romō)

Korean

Hanja

鹵 (eumhun 소금 로 (sogeum ro), South Korea 소금 노 (sogeum no))

1. Hanja form^? of 노 (“salt”).

Vietnamese

Han character

鹵: Hán Nôm readings: lỗ

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