甪

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甪 U+752A, 甪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752A
← 甩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 甫 →

Translingual

Han character

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 27220, composition ⿱丿用)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+752A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Original version of 角 (Zihui), which represents a horn. Unrelated to the bottom part of 備, which represents a quiver.

Etymology 1

trad. 甪
simp. # 甪
alternative forms 角
𫡒

Pronunciation

Definitions

甪

  1. Used in place names.
    甪直  ―  Lùzhí  ―  Luzhi, Jiangsu
    甪堰  ―  Lùyàn  ―  Luyan, Zhejiang
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

trad. 甪
simp. # 甪
alternative forms 黜

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

甪

  1. (Southern Min) to come loose; to come off
    頭毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    头毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Thâu-mn̂g lut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Hair (on my head) is coming off.
  2. (Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)
    甪予伊金 [Hokkien]  ―  lut hō͘ i kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to rub back and forth to make it shine
  3. (Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)
    甪職／甪职 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-chit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to demote to a lower rank
  4. (Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle
    甪仔 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  swindler
  5. (Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease
    價錢甪𣍐落來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    价钱甪𫧃落来。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Kè-chîⁿ lut bōe lo̍h-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The price can't be brought down.
  6. (Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin
    雞毛甪無清氣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    鸡毛甪无清气。 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Koe-bô lut bô chheng-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The chicken hair was not plucked cleanly.
  7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)
    甪雞／甪鸡 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  lut ke [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to pluck a chicken
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 甪 – see 角 (“horn; antler; point; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 角).

Japanese

Kanji

甪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
  • Kun: つの (tsuno)
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