禄

See also: 祿

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)

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 禄 – see 祿 (“blessing; happiness; prosperity; emoluments; official salary”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 祿).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

禄

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. happiness
2. pension, grant
3. fief

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: ろく (roku)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi), さいわ.い (saiwa.i)
• Nanori: とし (toshi), よし (yoshi)