See also: 绿, , , and
U+7DA0, 綠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DA0

[U+7D9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7DA1]
U+F93D, 綠
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93D

[U+F93C]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F93E]

Translingual edit

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 绿

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 120, +8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火女弓水 (VFVNE), four-corner 27932, composition )

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 926, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27541
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1363, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3422, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7DA0

Chinese edit

trad. /
simp. 绿

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *roɡ): semantic + phonetic (OC *b·roːɡ).

Etymology edit

Starostin derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rwak (leaf), and cites Tibetan ཁྲོག་པོ (khrog po, botanical term used of leaves standing round the stem scattered or alternately), Burmese ရွက် (rwak), အရွက် (a.rwak, leaf) as cognates. Compare also Kinnauri rāgʻ (blue, green).

Cognate with (“name of a plant of uncertain species”). In modern times this character gave rise to (“chlorine”).

For the sense “to cuckold”, see 綠頭巾绿头巾 (lǜtóujīn).

Pronunciation edit


Note: lù - literary reading preserved in certain proper nouns (鴨綠江, 綠林, 綠營).
Note:
  • liŏh - vernacular;
  • lṳ̆k - literary.
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • le̍k/lia̍k - vernacular;
    • lio̍k - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ly⁵¹/
    Harbin /ly⁵³/
    Tianjin /luei⁵³/
    /ly⁵³/
    Jinan /ly²¹/
    Qingdao /ly⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /ly²⁴/
    /ly⁴²/
    Xi'an /liou²¹/
    Xining /liɯ⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /lu¹³/
    /ly¹³/
    Lanzhou /lu¹³/
    Ürümqi /ly²¹³/
    Wuhan /nəu²¹³/
    Chengdu /nu³¹/
    Guiyang /nu²¹/
    Kunming /lu³¹/
    Nanjing /luʔ⁵/
    Hefei /luəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /luəʔ²/
    Pingyao /luʌʔ⁵³/
    Hohhot /luəʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /loʔ¹/
    Suzhou /loʔ³/
    Hangzhou /loʔ²/
    Wenzhou /lo²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /lu²²/
    Tunxi /liu¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /ləu²⁴/
    Xiangtan /nəɯ²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /liuʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /liuk̚⁵/
    Taoyuan /liuk̚⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /lok̚²/
    Nanning /luk̚²²/
    Hong Kong /luk̚²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liɔk̚⁵/
    /lik̚⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /luoʔ⁵/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ly⁴²/
    Shantou (Teochew) /lek̚⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /lok̚⁵/
    /liak̚³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (8)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter ljowk
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /lɨok̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /liok̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /liok̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /luawk̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /liok̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /lĭwok̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /li̯wok̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    luk6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ ljowk ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*pə.rok/
    English light blue or green

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8554
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*roɡ/

    Definitions edit

    1. green
      绿  ―    ―  green (color)
    2. to become green
    3. (literary, only of hair) black and glossy (especially in a youthful-looking way)
      绿  ―  bìn  ―  black hair
    4. healthy; environmentally friendly; green
      建築绿建筑  ―  jiànzhù  ―  green building
      住宅绿住宅  ―  zhùzhái  ―  green home
    5. green leaves
    6. green field
    7. Original form of .
    8. Alternative form of (, name of a plant)
    9. (symbolic) Islam(ic); Muslim
      绿  ―  jiào  ―  (slang) Islam
    10. (politics) related to the pro-independence pan-Green coalition of Taiwan
      绿  ―  yíng  ―  Pro-Taiwan Independence camp
    11. (slang) to cuckold
      Synonym: 戴綠帽子戴绿帽子 (dài lǜmàozi)
    12. a surname

    Compounds edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for nameskyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. Kyūjitai form of : the color green

    Readings edit

    Etymology edit

    For names, this 旧字体 (kyūjitai, literally old form) of the kanji may still be used. For all other uses, see the entry.

    Proper noun edit

    (みどり) (Midori

    1. a female given name.

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 푸를 (pureul rok), South Korea 푸를 (pureul nok))

    1. Hanja form? of / (blue, green).

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: lục

    1. green

    References edit