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Translingual
Etymology
Simplified from 祿 (示 → 礻 and 彔 → 录).
Note the long bottom stroke on 彐, which should not be written as ヨ – the bottom stroke should extend to the right, past the vertical.
Han character
禄 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓一水 (IFNME), composition ⿰礻录)
Derived characters
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References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 844, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24741
- Dae Jaweon: page 1264, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2402, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7984
Chinese
Japanese
Kanji
禄
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祿)
- happiness
- pension, grant
- fief
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