朸

朸 U+6738, 朸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6738 ← 朷 [U+6737] CJK Unified Ideographs 朹 → [U+6739]

Translingual

Han character

朸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木大尸 (DKS), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿰木力)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14433
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1156, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6738

Chinese

simp. and trad.		朸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lak⁶
    • Yale: lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lik, lok

Rime
Character	朸	朸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	林直切	盧則切
Baxter	lik	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨk̚/	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨk̚/	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liek̚/	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lik̚/	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/liək̚/	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lĭək̚/	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ək̚/	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6	lak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*krək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/, /*rɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kik ›
Old Chinese	/*krək/
English	thorns
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	朸	朸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7849	7855
Phonetic component	力	力
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	勒	力
Old Chinese	/*rɯːɡ/	/*rɯɡ/

Definitions

朸

1. woodgrain
2. edge; corner; protrusion
3. (figurative) edge; sharpness (of a person); inflexibility; unaccommodating personality; pointedness; harshness (of criticism, etc.)
4. ancient place name northeast of Shanghe County, Shandong Province
5. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

朸

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. carrying pole

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょく (ryoku)^{←りよく (ryoku, historical)}
• Kun: おうご (ōgo)