朸

朸	U+6738, 朸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6738

← 朷
[U+6737]

CJK Unified Ideographs

朹 →
[U+6739]

Translingual

Han character

朸 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木大尸 (DKS), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿰木力)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14433
Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1156, character 6
Unihan data for U+6738

Chinese

simp. and trad.		朸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lak⁶
  - Yale: lahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/

Middle Chinese: lik, lok

Rime
Character	朸	朸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	林直切	盧則切
Baxter	lik	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨk̚/	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨk̚/	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liek̚/	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lik̚/	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/liək̚/	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lĭək̚/	/lək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ək̚/	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik⁶	lak⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*krək/

(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/, /*rɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kik ›
Old Chinese	/*krək/
English	thorns
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朸	朸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7849	7855
Phonetic component	力	力
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	勒	力
Old Chinese	/*rɯːɡ/	/*rɯɡ/

Definitions

朸

woodgrain
edge; corner; protrusion
(figurative) edge; sharpness (of a person); inflexibility; unaccommodating personality; pointedness; harshness (of criticism, etc.)
ancient place name northeast of Shanghe County, Shandong Province
a surname

Japanese

Kanji

朸

(Hyōgai kanji)

carrying pole

Readings

On (unclassified): りょく (ryoku)^{←りよく (ryoku, historical)}
Kun: おうご (ōgo)