甪

甪	U+752A, 甪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752A

Translingual

Han character

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿱丿用)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
Unihan data for U+752A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Original version of 角 (Zihui), which represents a horn. Unrelated to the bottom part of 備, which represents a quiver.

Etymology 1

trad.		甪
simp. ^#		甪
alternative forms		角𫡒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lù
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴
  - Yale: lù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
  - Palladius: лу (lu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: luk⁶
  - Yale: luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: log⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Definitions

甪

Used in place names.
甪直 ― Lùzhí ― Luzhi, Jiangsu

甪堰 ― Lùyàn ― Luyan, Zhejiang
a surname

Etymology 2

trad.		甪
simp. ^#		甪
alternative forms		黜

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lut

(Teochew, Peng'im): lug⁴

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lut
  - Tâi-lô: lut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lug⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /luk̚²/

Definitions

甪

(Southern Min) to come loose; to come off
頭毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, trad.]
头毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Thâu-mn̂g lut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Hair (on my head) is coming off.
(Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)
甪予伊金 [Hokkien] ― lut hō͘ i kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to rub back and forth to make it shine
(Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)
甪職／甪职 [Hokkien] ― lut-chit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to demote to a lower rank
(Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle
甪仔 [Hokkien] ― lut-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― swindler
(Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease
價錢甪𣍐落來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
价钱甪𫧃落来。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Kè-chîⁿ lut bōe lo̍h-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
The price can't be brought down.
(Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin
雞毛甪無清氣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
鸡毛甪无清气。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Koe-bô lut bô chheng-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
The chicken hair was not plucked cleanly.
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)
甪雞／甪鸡 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― lut ke [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to pluck a chicken

Synonyms

(to come off): 脫落／脱落 (tuōluò), 掉落 (diàoluò); (Hokkien) 黜

Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 甪 – see 角 (“horn; antler; point; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 角).

Japanese

Kanji

甪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
Kun: つの (tsuno)