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U+9871, 顱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9871

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 181, +16, 25 strokes, cangjie input 卜廿一月金 (YTMBC), four-corner 21286, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1410, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43742
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1930, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4396, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+9871

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *b·raː) : phonetic (OC *b·raː) + semantic (head).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter lu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/luo/
Pan
Wuyun
/luo/
Shao
Rongfen
/lo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɔ/
Li
Rong
/lo/
Wang
Li
/lu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/luo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 5204
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*b·raː/

Definitions

  1. (anatomy) skull
  2. (by extension) head
  3. (anatomy) forehead

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: (ru)
  • Kan-on: (ro)
  • Kun: かしら (kashira, )

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(ro>no) (hangeul >, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)

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