鷺

See also: 鹭

鷺 U+9DFA, 鷺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9DFA ← 鷹 [U+9DF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 鷻 → [U+9DFB]

鷺 U+F93A, 鷺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93A ← 魯 [U+F939] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 碌 → [U+F93B]

Translingual

Han character

鷺 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+12, 23 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹日火 (RRHAF), four-corner 6732₇, composition ⿱路鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1501, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47362
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4664, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9DFA

• Unihan data for U+F93A

Chinese

trad.		鷺
simp.		鹭
alternative forms		鴼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鷺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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 *raːɡs): phonetic 路 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Etymology

Compare Khmer ក្រក (krɑɑk, “species of heron”), Thai ร้า (ráa, “species of heron”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lù (lu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lu⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): lu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lu⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): lū
• Eastern Min (BUC): lô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liao⁶ / liou⁶ / lu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou⁵

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: lou⁶
    • Yale: louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ou²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liao⁶ / liou⁶ / lu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liău / liŏu / lŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liau³⁵/, /liou³⁵/, /lu³⁵/

Note:

• liao6/liou6 - vernacular;
• lu6 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu
    • MiniDict: lu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: luH

Rime
Character	鷺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	洛故切
Baxter	luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luoH/
Pan Wuyun	/luoH/
Shao Rongfen	/loH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔH/
Li Rong	/loH/
Wang Li	/luH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鷺
Reading #	1/1
No.	3862
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	路
Old Chinese	/*raːɡs/

Definitions

鷺

1. heron; egret

Compounds

• 夜鷺 / 夜鹭 (yèlù)
• 宿鷺 / 宿鹭
• 寒鷺 / 寒鹭
• 延鷺堠 / 延鹭堠
• 振鷺 / 振鹭
• 振鷺充庭 / 振鹭充庭
• 振鷺在庭 / 振鹭在庭
• 暗鷺 / 暗鹭
• 月鷺 / 月鹭
• 朱鷺 / 朱鹭 (zhūlù)
• 朱鷺曲 / 朱鹭曲
• 池鷺 / 池鹭
• 沙鷺 / 沙鹭
• 漚鷺 / 沤鹭
• 班鷺 / 班鹭
• 琵鷺 / 琵鹭 (pílù)
• 白鷺 / 白鹭 (báilù)
• 白鷺洲 / 白鹭洲
• 白鷺縗 / 白鹭缞
• 白鷺纕 / 白鹭𬙋
• 白鷺轉花 / 白鹭转花
• 白鷺鷥 / 白鹭鸶 (báilùsī)
• 眠鷗宿鷺 / 眠鸥宿鹭
• 簉鷺 / 簉鹭
• 紫鷺 / 紫鹭 (zǐlù)
• 蒼鷺 / 苍鹭 (cānglù)
• 長腳鷺鷥 / 长脚鹭鸶
• 長頸鷺鷥 / 长颈鹭鸶
• 閒鷗野鷺 / 闲鸥野鹭
• 雪鷺 / 雪鹭
• 霜鷺 / 霜鹭
• 青鷺 / 青鹭
• 鴛鷺 / 鸳鹭
• 鴜鷺 / 鴜鹭
• 鴛鷺班 / 鸳鹭班
• 鴛鷺群 / 鸳鹭群
• 鴛鷺行 / 鸳鹭行
• 鴻鷺 / 鸿鹭
• 鵠鷺 / 鹄鹭
• 鵷班鷺序 / 鹓班鹭序
• 鵷鷺 / 鹓鹭
• 鶖鷺 / 鹙鹭
• 鷗浮鷺立 / 鸥浮鹭立
• 鷗鷺忘機 / 鸥鹭忘机
• 鷗鷺盟 / 鸥鹭盟
• 鷺堠 / 鹭堠
• 鷺嶼 / 鹭屿
• 鷺序 / 鹭序 (lùxù)
• 鷺序鴛行 / 鹭序鸳行
• 鷺序鵷行 / 鹭序鹓行
• 鷺朋鷗侶 / 鹭朋鸥侣
• 鷺濤 / 鹭涛
• 鷺約鷗盟 / 鹭约鸥盟
• 鷺羽 / 鹭羽
• 鷺翿 / 鹭𰭣
• 鷺行 / 鹭行
• 鷺車 / 鹭车
• 鷺門 / 鹭门
• 鷺鴛 / 鹭鸳
• 鷺鵷 / 鹭鹓
• 鷺鶿 / 鹭鹚
• 鷺鶴 / 鹭鹤
• 鷺鷥 / 鹭鸶 (lùsī)
• 鷺鷥藤 / 鹭鸶藤
• 鷺鼓 / 鹭鼓
• 鸞鷺 / 鸾鹭
• 麻鷺 / 麻鹭
• 黑冠麻鷺 / 黑冠麻鹭 (hēiguān málù)
• 黑面琵鷺 / 黑面琵鹭