蘿

See also: 萝

蘿	U+863F, 蘿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-863F

← 蘾
[U+863E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

虀 →
[U+8640]

蘿	U+F910, 蘿 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F910

← 羅
[U+F90F]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

螺 →
[U+F911]

Translingual

Han character

蘿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中土 (TWLG), four-corner 4491₄, composition ⿱艹羅)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32590
Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 11
Unihan data for U+863F

Unihan data for U+F910

Chinese

trad.		蘿
simp.		萝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羅) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
羅	*raːl
蘿	*raːl
籮	*raːl
儸	*raːl
饠	*raːl
欏	raːl, raːlʔ
囉	*raːl
鑼	*raːl
邏	raːl, raːls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːl) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luó (luo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò
Jin (Wiktionary): le¹
Eastern Min (BUC): lò̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘ / lâ / nâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu; ⁶lau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luó
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luó
  - Wade–Giles: lo²
  - Yale: lwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
  - Palladius: ло (lo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lo⁴
  - Yale: lòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo²
  - Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: le¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lɤ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃o⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
  - Tâi-lô: lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: looi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ
  - Tâi-lô: lâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laa
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /la²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
  - Tâi-lô: nâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nã²⁴/

Note:

lô/lô͘ - literary;
lâ/nâ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: lo⁵
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lu; ⁶lau
  - MiniDict: lu^去; lau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu; ³lau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/, /lɔ²³/

Note:

3lu - standard;
3lau - dated, preserved in 蘿蔔.

Middle Chinese: la

Rime
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯何切
Baxter	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/la/
Li Rong	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘿
Reading #	1/1
No.	8677
Phonetic component	羅
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羅
Old Chinese	/*raːl/

Definitions

蘿

(botany) creeping or trailing plants

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

蘿

(Hyōgai kanji)

creeper

Readings

Go-on: ら (ra)^{←ら (ra, historical)}
Kan-on: ら (ra)^{←ら (ra, historical)}
Kun: かずら (kazura, 蘿)^{←かづら (kadura, 蘿, historical)}、こけ (koke, 蘿)、つた (tsuta, 蘿)、かげ (kage, 蘿)

Compounds

蘿藦(ががいも) (gagaimo): Metaplexis japonica
蘿蔔(すずしろ) (suzushiro): daikon
蘿(ら)衣(い) (rai)
蘿(ら)径(けい) (rakei)
蘿(ら)月(げつ) (ragetsu)
蘿(ら)蔦(ちょう) (rachō)
蘿(ら)蔔(ふく), 蘿(ら)菔(ふく) (rafuku): daikon
蘿(ら)薜(へい) (rahei)
蘿(ら)藦(ま) (rama): Metaplexis japonica
蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)
蘿(ら)艻(ろく), 蘿(ら)勒(ろく) (raroku)
煙(えん)蘿(ら) (enra)
松(しょう)蘿(ら) (shōra)
女(じょ)蘿(ら) (jora)
青(せい)蘿(ら) (seira)
藤(とう)蘿(ら), 籐(とう)蘿(ら) (tōra)
菠(は)蘿(ら) (hara)
海蘿(ふのり) (funori)
薜(へい)蘿(ら) (heira)
松(まつ)の蘿(こけ) (matsu no koke)
緑(りょく)蘿(ら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蘿
かげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

蘿 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡe̞]

Noun

蘿(かげ) • (kage)

Synonym of 日陰の蔓 (hikage no kazura, “wolf's-foot clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum”)

Korean

Hanja

蘿 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, revised ra>na, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蘿: Hán Nôm readings: la, lá

leaf

Compounds

𩇢蘿𣘃 (xanh lá cây)

Usage notes

Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for leaf is lá.
This character only means leaf in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. 葉 means silver in Chinese and Japanese.
This is the regular form of this character. The common form is 𦲿.

References

www.chunom.org