朧

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See also: 胧
朧 U+6727, 朧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6727
← 朦
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 木 →

Translingual

Han character

朧 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+16, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月卜月心 (BYBP), four-corner 71211, composition ⿰月龍)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 507, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14411
  • Dae Jaweon: page 888, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2124, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+6727

Chinese

trad. 朧
simp. 胧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驡 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐 *broːŋ
瀧 *rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅 *roːŋ
朧 *roːŋ, *roŋs
龓 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾 *roːŋ
礱 *roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨 *roːŋ
蘢 *roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳 *roːŋ
襱 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏 *roːŋ
曨 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗 *roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪 *roːŋ
巃 *roːŋʔ
竉 *roːŋʔ
攏 *roːŋʔ
儱 *roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍 *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘 *roŋ, *roŋs
隴 *roŋʔ
壠 *roŋʔ
壟 *roŋʔ
寵 *r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏 *kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ, *roŋs) : semantic 月 (“moon”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Unlike most other characters with a 月 (yuè)-like component on the left, this character's 月 (yuè) is not the cursive form of 肉; 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng) was originally used in reference to the moon.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 朧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧紅切
Baxter luwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/luŋ/
Wang
Li 		/luŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lung4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 朧 朧
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8414 8445
Phonetic
component 		龍 龍
Rime
group 		東 東
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		籠 贚
Old
Chinese 		/*roːŋ/ /*roŋs/

Definitions

朧

  1. (of moonlight) hazy; dim
    朦朧／朦胧  ―  ménglóng  ―  hazy

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

𪱨

Kyūjitai

朧

Kanji

朧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𪱨)

  1. hazy, cloudy

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
朧
おぼろ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Appears to be 凡 (obo, “dim, faint; hazy, indistinct”) +‎ ろ (-ro, suffix apparently indicating general location or time, as in 所 (tokoro, “place”), 頃 (koro, “around (a specific time)”); compare ら (ra)).

The food-related senses may come from the way these dishes involve breaking up the main ingredients into smaller indistinct pieces.

First attested in The Tales of Ise from the early 900s.

Pronunciation

Adjective

朧(おぼろ) • (oboro) -na (adnominal 朧(おぼろ)な (oboro na), adverbial 朧(おぼろ)に (oboro ni))

  1. hazy, cloudy
  2. uncertain, unreliable

Inflection

Inflection of 朧
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 朧だろ おぼろだろ oboro daro
Continuative (連用形) 朧で おぼろで oboro de
Terminal (終止形) 朧だ おぼろだ oboro da
Attributive (連体形) 朧な おぼろな oboro na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 朧なら おぼろなら oboro nara
Imperative (命令形) 朧であれ おぼろであれ oboro de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 朧ではない
朧じゃない 		おぼろではない
おぼろじゃない 		oboro de wa nai
oboro ja nai
Informal past 朧だった おぼろだった oboro datta
Informal negative past 朧ではなかった
朧じゃなかった 		おぼろではなかった
おぼろじゃなかった 		oboro de wa nakatta
oboro ja nakatta
Formal 朧です おぼろです oboro desu
Formal negative 朧ではありません
朧じゃありません 		おぼろではありません
おぼろじゃありません 		oboro de wa arimasen
oboro ja arimasen
Formal past 朧でした おぼろでした oboro deshita
Formal negative past 朧ではありませんでした
朧じゃありませんでした 		おぼろではありませんでした
おぼろじゃありませんでした 		oboro de wa arimasen deshita
oboro ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 朧で おぼろで oboro de
Conditional 朧なら（ば） おぼろなら（ば） oboro nara (ba)
Provisional 朧だったら おぼろだったら oboro dattara
Volitional 朧だろう おぼろだろう oboro darō
Adverbial 朧に おぼろに oboro ni
Degree 朧さ おぼろさ oborosa

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

朧(おぼろ) • (oboro) 

  1. minced meat or seafood
  2. Short for 朧昆布 (oboro-konbu): shredded kelp
  3. Short for 朧豆腐 (oboro-dōfu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. Short for 朧饅頭 (oboro-manjū): steamed bun with the outer covering removed after steaming

Proper noun

朧(おぼろ) • (Oboro) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 朧 (MC luwng).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

朧 (eumhun 흐릿할 롱 (heurithal rong), word-initial (South Korea) 흐릿할 농 (heurithal nong))

  1. Hanja form? of 롱/농 (“Used in 몽롱(朦朧) (mongnong)”).

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

朧: Hán Nôm readings: lung, lông

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