回祿

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	good fortune; official salary
trad. (回祿)		回	祿
simp. (回禄)		回	禄
alternative forms		囘祿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huílù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huílù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huéilù
    • Wade–Giles: Hui²-lu⁴
    • Yale: Hwéi-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hweiluh
    • Palladius: Хуэйлу (Xuejlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ luk⁶
    • Yale: wùih luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj luwk

Rime
Character	回	祿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	屋 (3)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸恢切	盧谷切
Baxter	hwoj	luwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/	/luk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/	/luk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/	/luk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/	/ləwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/	/luk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/	/luk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/	/luk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj  [r]ˤok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl  roːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	回	祿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huí	lù
Middle Chinese	‹ hwoj ›	‹ luwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/	/*[r]ˁok/
English	go around	blessing
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	回	祿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5443	8541
Phonetic component	回	录
Rime group	微	屋
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	回	禄
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/	/*roːɡ/

Proper noun

回祿

1. (Chinese mythology) fire god

Noun

回祿

1. Short for 回祿之災／回禄之灾.