录

See also: 彔

录 U+5F55, 录 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F55 ← 彔 [U+5F54] CJK Unified Ideographs 彖 → [U+5F56]

Translingual

Traditional	錄
Shinjitai	録
Simplified	录

Han character

录 (radical 58, 彐+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓一一水 (NMME), composition ⿱彐氺)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 362, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 960, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5F55

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Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 錄 (elimination of 釒 and 彔 → 录).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 录 – see 錄 (“to record; copy, write down, record”). (This character, 录, is the simplified form of 錄.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Variant of 彔 (彑 → 彐).

Note the long bottom stroke on 彐, which should not be written as ヨ – the bottom stroke should extend to the right, past the vertical.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 录 – see 彔 (“to carve wood”). (This character, 录, is the simplified and variant form of 彔.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.