僇

僇 U+50C7, 僇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C7 ← 僆 [U+50C6] CJK Unified Ideographs 僈 → [U+50C8]

Translingual

Han character

僇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人尸一竹 (OSMH), four-corner 2722₂, composition ⿰亻翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1051
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 215, character 8
• Unihan data for U+50C7

Chinese

trad.		僇
simp. #		僇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僇
Small seal script s05886
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 翏 (OC *ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lù
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴
    • Yale: lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: luk⁶
    • Yale: luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwH, ljuwk

Rime
Character	僇	僇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力救切	力竹切
Baxter	ljuwH	ljuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuH/	/lɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liuH/	/liuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuH/	/liuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwH/	/luwk̚/
Li Rong	/liuH/	/liuk̚/
Wang Li	/lĭəuH/	/lĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uH/	/li̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liù	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau6	luk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯwɢs/, /*rɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僇	僇
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8382	8407
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	溜	六
Old Chinese	/*rɯwɢs/	/*rɯwɢ/

Definitions

僇

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) slow; sluggish
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 戮 (lù, “to kill; to humiliate”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 勠 (lù, “(of forces) to join”)

Compounds

• 僇人
• 僇僇
• 僇力 (lùlì)
• 僇屍 / 僇尸
• 僇市
• 僇死
• 僇民
• 僇笑
• 僇譴 / 僇谴
• 僇辱 (lùrǔ)
• 刑僇 (xínglù)
• 剪僇
• 大僇
• 天之僇民
• 奴僇
• 就僇
• 屠僇
• 帑僇
• 擯僇 / 摈僇
• 死僇
• 死有餘僇 / 死有余僇
• 殃僇
• 殘僇 / 残僇
• 殺僇 / 杀僇
• 淫僇
• 灰僇
• 笑僇
• 誅僇 / 诛僇
• 遇僇
• 鉏僇 / 锄僇
• 顯僇 / 显僇

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 僇 – see 憀 (“to rely on”). (This character is an obsolete form of 憀).

Compounds

• 僇賴 / 僇赖

See also

• 聊 (liáo)

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “僇”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00147

Japanese

Kanji

僇

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. humiliate
2. treat with contempt

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku)
• On: る (ru)
• Kun: はじ (haji, 僇)、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 僇める)

Korean

Hanja

僇 • (ryuk) (hangeul 륙, revised ryuk, McCune–Reischauer ryuk)

1. humiliate
2. kill
3. slow