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㔹	U+3539, 㔹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3539

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Translingual

Han character

㔹 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 十大尸 (JKS), composition ⿰十力)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 6
Unihan data for U+3539

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㔹

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 十 (“ten”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

力 (“power; strength”) also acts as a semantic component.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lè (le⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lè
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lè
  - Wade–Giles: lê⁴
  - Yale: lè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
  - Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lak⁶
  - Yale: lahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/

Middle Chinese: lok

Rime
Character	㔹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧則切
Baxter	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lak⁶

Definitions

㔹

(historical dictionaries only) having the talent and power of ten people