蘿

See also: 萝

蘿 U+863F, 蘿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-863F ← 蘾 [U+863E] CJK Unified Ideographs 虀 → [U+8640]

蘿 U+F910, 蘿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F910 ← 羅 [U+F90F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 螺 → [U+F911]

Translingual

Han character

蘿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中土 (TWLG), four-corner 4491₄, composition ⿱艹羅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 11
• Unihan data for U+863F

• Unihan data for U+F910

Chinese

trad.		蘿
simp.		萝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
羅	*raːl
蘿	*raːl
籮	*raːl
儸	*raːl
饠	*raːl
欏	*raːl, *raːlʔ
囉	*raːl
鑼	*raːl
邏	*raːl, *raːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːl) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luó (luo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò
• Jin (Wiktionary): le¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘ / lâ / nâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu; ⁶lau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luó
    • Wade–Giles: lo²
    • Yale: lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
    • Palladius: ло (lo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lo⁴
    • Yale: lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: le¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lɤ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃o⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
    • Tâi-lô: lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: looi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ
    • Tâi-lô: lâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /la²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
    • Tâi-lô: nâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nã²⁴/

Note:

• lô/lô͘ - literary;
• lâ/nâ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lo⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu; ⁶lau
    • MiniDict: lu^去; lau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu; ³lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/, /lɔ²³/

Note:

• 3lu - standard;
• 3lau - dated, preserved in 蘿蔔.

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• Middle Chinese: la

Rime
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯何切
Baxter	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/la/
Li Rong	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
No.	8677
Phonetic component	羅
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羅
Old Chinese	/*raːl/

Definitions

蘿

1. (botany) creeping or trailing plants

Compounds

• 坐蘿蔔 / 坐萝卜
• 女蘿 / 女萝 (nǚluó)
• 小蘿蔔頭 / 小萝卜头
• 攀蘿附木 / 攀萝附木
• 松蘿 / 松萝 (sōngluó)
• 松蘿共倚 / 松萝共倚
• 牽蘿補屋 / 牵萝补屋
• 甜蘿蔔 / 甜萝卜
• 白蘿蔔 / 白萝卜 (báiluóbo)
• 碧蘿春 / 碧萝春
• 空心蘿蔔 / 空心萝卜
• 糖蘿蔔 / 糖萝卜 (tángluóbo)
• 結絲蘿 / 结丝萝
• 絲蘿 / 丝萝
• 胡蘿蔔 / 胡萝卜 (húluóbo)
• 胡蘿蔔素 / 胡萝卜素 (húluóbosù)
• 花心蘿蔔 / 花心萝卜 (huāxīn luóbo)
• 蒔蘿 / 莳萝 (shíluó)
• 蔦蘿 / 茑萝
• 藤蘿 / 藤萝 (téngluó)
• 蘿芙木 / 萝芙木 (luófúmù)
• 蘿蔔 / 萝卜 (luóbo)
• 蘿蔔乾 / 萝卜干 (luóbogān)
• 蘿蔔精 / 萝卜精
• 蘿蔔糕 / 萝卜糕 (luóbogāo)
• 蘿蔔頭 / 萝卜头 (luóbotóu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蘿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. creeper

Readings

• Go-on: ら (ra)^{←ら (ra, historical)}
• Kan-on: ら (ra)^{←ら (ra, historical)}
• Kun: かずら (kazura, 蘿)^{←かづら (kadura, 蘿, historical)}、こけ (koke, 蘿)、つた (tsuta, 蘿)、かげ (kage, 蘿)

Compounds

• 蘿藦(ががいも) (gagaimo): Metaplexis japonica
• 蘿蔔(すずしろ) (suzushiro): daikon
• 蘿(ら)衣(い) (rai)
• 蘿(ら)径(けい) (rakei)
• 蘿(ら)月(げつ) (ragetsu)
• 蘿(ら)蔦(ちょう) (rachō)
• 蘿(ら)蔔(ふく), 蘿(ら)菔(ふく) (rafuku): daikon
• 蘿(ら)薜(へい) (rahei)
• 蘿(ら)藦(ま) (rama): Metaplexis japonica
• 蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)
• 蘿(ら)艻(ろく), 蘿(ら)勒(ろく) (raroku)
• 煙(えん)蘿(ら) (enra)
• 松(しょう)蘿(ら) (shōra)
• 女(じょ)蘿(ら) (jora)
• 青(せい)蘿(ら) (seira)
• 藤(とう)蘿(ら), 籐(とう)蘿(ら) (tōra)
• 菠(は)蘿(ら) (hara)
• 海蘿(ふのり) (funori)
• 薜(へい)蘿(ら) (heira)
• 松(まつ)の蘿(こけ) (matsu no koke)
• 緑(りょく)蘿(ら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines

 

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蘿
かげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

蘿(かげ) • (kage) 

1. Synonym of 日陰の蔓 (hikage no kazura, “wolf's-foot clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum”)

Korean

Hanja

蘿 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, revised ra>na, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)

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Vietnamese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːl) : semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 羅 (la).

Han character

蘿: Hán Nôm readings: la, lá

1. leaf

Compounds

• 𩇢蘿𣘃 (xanh lá cây)

Usage notes

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for leaf is lá.
• This character only means leaf in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. 葉 means silver in Chinese and Japanese.
• This is the regular form of this character. The common form is 𦲿.

References

• www.chunom.org