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洛
洛
Translingual
Han character
洛 (radical 85 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹水口 (EHER), four-corner 37164, composition ⿰氵各)
References
- KangXi: page 620, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17383
- Dae Jaweon: page 1016, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1614, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6D1B
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
洛 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 洛
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|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: luo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luoh
- IPA (key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lok3, lok6
- Yale: lok, lohk
- Cantonese Pinyin: lok8, lok9
- IPA (key): /lɔːk̚³/, /lɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 洛 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /luo⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /luo⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /lɤ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /luə²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /luə⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /luo²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /luo²¹/ | |
| Xining | /lu⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /luə¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /luə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /luɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /nuo²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /no³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /no²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /lo³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /loʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /luɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /luaʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /lʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /luaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /loʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /loʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /loʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /lo²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /lɔ²²/ |
| Tunxi | /lo⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /lo²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /no²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /lɔʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /lok̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | /lok̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lɔk̚³/ |
| Nanning | /lɔk̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /lɔk̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/lɔk̚⁵/ /loʔ⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /louʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /lɔ⁴²/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /lok̚⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /lɔk̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 洛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 盧各切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lak̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
luò |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 洛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3866 |
| Phonetic component |
各 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
落 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡ·raːɡ/ |
Proper noun
洛
- (geography) Luo River (洛河) in Shaanxi, a tributary of the Wei River.
- (geography) Luo River (洛河) in Henan, a tributary of the Yellow River.
- (geography) Luo River (洛江) in Fujian, which flows into the Taiwan Strait in Quanzhou.
- A Chinese surname.
- (Mainland) Used in the phonetic transcription of /lɒ/, /lɔː/, and /loʊ/ into Chinese characters
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
洛
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
洛 • (rak>nak) (hangeul 락>낙, revised rak>nak, McCune-Reischauer rak>nak, Yale lak>nak)
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