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See also:
U+7931, 礱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7931

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 112, +16, 21 strokes, cangjie input 難卜心一口 (XYPMR) or 卜心一口 (YPMR), four-corner 01601, composition )

  1. grind, hull (rice)
  2. whetstone

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1256, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2464, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7931

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𰽦

Glyph origin

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lông - literary;
  • lâng - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (1) (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter luwng luwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləwŋ/ /ləwŋH/
Li
Rong
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Wang
Li
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luŋ/ /luŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng lòng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lung4 lung6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8418 8435
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roːŋ/ /*roːŋs/

Definitions

  1. to grind; to mill

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. grind
  2. sharpen
  3. mill

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ろう (); (ru)
  • Kun: とぐ (togu)

Korean

Hanja

(rong>nong) (hangeul >, revised rong>nong, McCune–Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

  1. grind
  2. pound
  3. millstone