ろう

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ろう U+6717, 朗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6717

[U+6716]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6718]

ろう U+F929, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F929
ろう
[U+F928]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F92A]
U+FA92, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA92

[U+FA91]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA93]
朗 U+2F8D8, 朗
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D8
䏙
[U+2F8D7]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 望
[U+2F8D9]

Translingual

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Han character

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ろう (Kangxi radical 74, つき+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input ほこほこがつ (IIB), four-corner 37720, composition りょうつき)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14362
  • Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2072, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+6717

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
ろう
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *raːŋʔ) : phonetic りょう (OC *raŋ) + semantic つき (moon)

Etymology

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Areal etymon. Compare Khmer រង (rɔɔng, be light, bright, become clear, clarify), Old Mon to glitter (ˀaråṅ), Burmese ရောင် (raung, brightness), အရောင် (a.raung, appearance, colour, luster). Possibly related to あきら (OC raŋh). (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • láng/lang - vernacular;
  • lóng - literary.

Rime
Character ろう
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) (37)
Final (いん) とう (101)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) I
Fanqie とうきり
Baxter langX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/laŋX/
Li
Rong
/lɑŋX/
Wang
Li
/lɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
long5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ろう
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lǎng
Middle
Chinese
‹ langX ›
Old
Chinese
/*k.rˁaŋʔ/
English bright

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 ろう
Reading # 1/1
No. 8034
Phonetic
component
りょう
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
ろう
Old
Chinese
/*raːŋʔ/

Definitions

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ろう

  1. clear; bright
  2. loud and clear
    ろうろう  ―  lǎng  ―  to read aloud
  3. (literary) understanding; enlightened

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai ろう
Kyūjitai
[1]

ろう
&#xF929;
ろう󠄀
ろう+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
ろう󠄆
ろう+&#xE0106;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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ろう

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form ろう)

  1. (visually) bright, clear
  2. (auditorily) sonorant, clear
  3. (psychologically) merry, cheerful
  4. Used in personal names.

Readings

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Compounds

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References

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  1. ^ ろう”, in 漢字かんじぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese ろう (MC langX). Recorded as Middle Korean (lang) (Yale: lang) in Sinjeung Yuhap (しんぞうるいあい / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

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  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠(ː)ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

ろう (eumhun 밝을 (balgeul rang), word-initial (South Korea) 밝을 (balgeul nang))

  1. Hanja form? of / (clear; bright).

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさけい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅうけいきた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子でんし字典じてん. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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ろう: Hán Việt readings: lãng (さと()とう(đảng)きり(thiết))[1][2][3]
ろう: Nôm readings: lẳng[1][2][3][4][5], lặng[1][2][3][4][5], rạng[1][2][3][4][5], lảng[1][2][3][4], lững[1][2][3][4], lãng[1][2][3], lửng[1][2][5], láng[1][2], lắng[1][2], sang[1][2], sáng[1][2], lựng[3][5], lẵng[1], trắng[1], rang[3], lăng[4], lứng[4]

  1. Nôm form of lặng (calm; silent; quiet).

References

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