絡

See also: 络

絡	U+7D61, 絡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D61

← 絠
[U+7D60]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絢 →
[U+7D62]

Translingual

Han character

絡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹水口 (VFHER), four-corner 2796₄, composition ⿰糹各)

Descendants

络

Derived characters

𭊽, 𰘯, 𮜘, 𮑗, 𨷀

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27426
Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3396, character 1
Unihan data for U+7D61

Chinese

trad.		絡
simp.		络

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 絡
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːɡ): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ) – wrapped in thread, a web of thread.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luò, lào (luo⁴, lao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ, ㄌㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok³ / lok⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lo̍k

(Meixian, Guangdong): log⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): lueh⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k / lo̍h / le

(Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luò
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luò
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴
  - Yale: lwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh
  - Palladius: ло (lo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lào
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lào
  - Wade–Giles: lao⁴
  - Yale: làu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Note: lào - only used in 絡子.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lok³ / lok⁶
  - Yale: lok / lohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ / lok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log³ / log⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³/, /lɔːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: log
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: log⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lueh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /luəʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loih
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /loʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /loʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /loʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le
  - Tâi-lô: le
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /le⁴⁴/

Note:

lo̍k - literary;
lo̍h - vernacular (“net; to slip something over like a cage”);
le - 勒 is used in the Mainland.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: log⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸loq
  - MiniDict: loh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: lak

Rime
Character	絡
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
Baxter	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3868
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	落
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːɡ/

Definitions

絡

to enmesh; to wrap around
web; net
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to slip something over like a cage

Compounds

不受籠絡 / 不受笼络
吃掛絡兒 / 吃挂络儿
城市網絡 / 城市网络
孫絡 / 孙络
心包絡 / 心包络 (xīnbāoluò)
掛絡兒 / 挂络儿
攏絡 / 拢络
橘絡 / 橘络 (júluò)
汗絡兒 / 汗络儿
油絡 / 油络
活絡 / 活络
熱絡 / 热络 (rèluò)
熟絡 / 熟络 (shúluò)
筋絡 / 筋络 (jīnluò)
籠絡 / 笼络 (lǒngluò)
紇絡 / 纥络
絡子 / 络子
絲瓜絡 / 丝瓜络 (sīguāluò)
絡絲 / 络丝 (luòsī)
絡緯 / 络纬 (luòwěi)
絡縸 / 络𫄲
絡繹 / 络绎 (luòyì)
絡繹不絕 / 络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
絡繹於途 / 络绎于途
絡續 / 络续
絡腮鬍 / 络腮胡 (luòsāihú)
絡頭 / 络头
經絡 / 经络 (jīngluò)
網絡 / 网络 (wǎngluò)
纓絡 / 缨络
聯絡 / 联络 (liánluò)
聯絡員 / 联络员
聯絡簿 / 联络簿
脈絡 / 脉络 (màiluò)
脈絡膜 / 脉络膜 (màiluòmó)
脈絡貫通 / 脉络贯通
蒙絡 / 蒙络
連絡 / 连络 (liánluò)
連絡線 / 连络线
鉤絡帶 / 钩络带
陰絡 / 阴络

References

“絡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

絡

(Jōyō kanji)

entangle, entwine, coil around, cling
tied to, connected to
reason, logic
reins of a horse

Readings

Go-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
Kun: からむ (karamu, 絡む, Jōyō)、からめる (karameru, 絡める, Jōyō)、からまる (karamaru, 絡まる, Jōyō)、からげる (karageru, 絡げる)、まとう (matou, 絡う)、つながる (tsunagaru, 絡がる)

Compounds

経(けい)絡(らく) (keiraku): (acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) meridian
短(たん)絡(らく) (tanraku): short circuit; logical leap
手絡(てがら) (tegara): a kind of female hair accessory
脈(みゃく)絡(らく) (myakuraku): line of reasoning; blood vessel
連(れん)絡(らく) (renraku): connection; communication
籠(ろう)絡(らく) (rōraku)

Korean

Hanja

絡 (eumhun 헌솜 락 (heonsom rak), word-initial (South Korea) 헌솜 낙 (heonsom nak))

hanja form^? of 락/낙 (“enmesh, wrap around”)
hanja form^? of 락/낙 (“web, net”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絡: Hán Nôm readings: rạc, lạc

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