驢

驢 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+16, 26 strokes, cangjie input 尸火卜心廿 (SFYPT), four-corner 7131₇, composition ⿰馬盧)

• 𩧥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45069
• Dae Jaweon: page 1972, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4583, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9A62

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *b·ra): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː).

Possibly from an Iranian language, such as Avestan 𐬑𐬀𐬭𐬀 (xara, “donkey”) (Abedi et al., 2024a, 2024b).

驢

1. donkey; ass (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 條／条 m; 匹 m; 隻／只 c mn)

   • 騎著驢騾思駿馬，
     官居宰相望王侯。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     骑著驴骡思骏马，
     官居宰相望王侯。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Qí zhe lǘluó sī jùnmǎ,
     Guān jū zǎixiàng wàng wánghóu. [Pinyin]

     Riding on donkeys and mules they long for noble steeds;
     By now prime ministers, they hope to be kings and princes.

   • 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 創世記 [Genesis] 22:3:

     亞伯拉罕淸早起來、備上驢、帶着兩個僕人和他兒子以撒、也劈好了燔祭的柴、就起身往上帝所指示他的地方去了。 [MSC, trad.]
     亚伯拉罕清早起来、备上驴、带着两个仆人和他儿子以撒、也劈好了燔祭的柴、就起身往上帝所指示他的地方去了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yàbólāhǎn qīngzǎo qǐlái, bèishang lǘ, dàizhe liǎng ge púrén hé tā érzi Yǐsā, yě pīhǎole fánjì de chái, jiù qǐshēn wǎng Shàngdì suǒ zhǐshì tā de dìfang qù le. [Pinyin]

     Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. [World English Bible]

2. (Mandarin, derogatory) stupid; foolish; dumb
   • 2001, 賴聲川, 如夢之夢, Taipei: 遠流出版, →ISBN, page 63:

     我回臺灣之後，我去針灸、放血，遇到一些人在談論宇宙磁場，這跟我在尼泊爾聽到的一些東西很類似，他們說陽明山上……唉，很驢，妳不會想聽的。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     我回台湾之后，我去针灸、放血，遇到一些人在谈论宇宙磁场，这跟我在尼泊尔听到的一些东西很类似，他们说阳明山上……唉，很驴，你不会想听的。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     Wǒ huí Táiwān zhīhòu, wǒ qù zhēnjiǔ, fàngxiě, yùdào yīxiē rén zài tánlùn yǔzhòu cíchǎng, zhè gēn wǒ zài Níbó'ěr tīngdào de yīxiē dōngxi hěn lèisì, tāmen shuō Yángmíng Shān shàng...... Āi, hěn lǘ, nǐ bùhuì xiǎng tīng de. [Pinyin]

     After I returned to Taiwan, I went to do acupuncture and let blood. I encountered some people who were talking about the magnetic fields in the universe. This was very similar to some things I heard in Nepal. They said on Yangmingshan... Ah, this is so dumb. You wouldn't want to hear it.

   • 2007, 薇薇夫人, 一個男人的成長 [A Man's Guide to Growing Up], Taipei: 遠流出版, →ISBN, page 60:

     在孩子們的眼中，成年人有時是很「可怕」的，尤其是那些半生不熟的長輩，他們常會問一些孩子們覺得荒謬恐怖，甚至很驢的問題。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     在孩子们的眼中，成年人有时是很「可怕」的，尤其是那些半生不熟的长辈，他们常会问一些孩子们觉得荒谬恐怖，甚至很驴的问题。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     Zài háizimen de yǎnzhōng, chéngniánrén yǒushí shì hěn “kěpà” de, yóuqí shì nàxiē bànshēngbùshóu de zhǎngbèi, tāmen cháng huì wèn yīxiē háizimen juéde huāngmiù kǒngbù, shènzhì hěn lǘ de wèntí. [Pinyin]

     In the eyes of children, adults are sometimes very "scary", especially those elders with whom they are not quite familiar, who would always ask some questions that children would think are ridiculous, horrifying, or even dumb.

   • 2022, 小彤, 我在時間的盡頭，守候你 [About Love], Taipei: 時報文化出版, →ISBN, page 145:

     很多男人都跟你一樣，很怕拿花走在街上，他們覺得那樣看起來拙拙、糗糗又驢驢的。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     很多男人都跟你一样，很怕拿花走在街上，他们觉得那样看起来拙拙、糗糗又驴驴的。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     Hěnduō nánrén dōu gēn nǐ yīyàng, hěn pà ná huā zǒu zài jiē shàng, tāmen juéde nàyàng kànqǐlái zhuózhuó, qiǔqiǔ yòu lǘlǘ de. [Pinyin]

     Many men are like you, afraid to walk onto the streets with flowers in their hands. They think that looks kind of stupid, embarrassing, and dumb.

3. a surname

• → Khmer: លា (liə)
• → Lao: ລາ (lā)
• → Middle Vietnamese: 驢 (lừa)
  • Vietnamese: lừa
• → Thai: ลา (laa)

• “驢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04654

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: りょ (ryo)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kun: うさぎうま (usagiuma, 驢)

驢 (eum 려 (ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 여 (yeo))

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驢 (lừa)

1. donkey, ass

• Vietnamese: lừa ()

驢: Hán Nôm readings: lư, lừa

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