仂

See also: 働

仂 U+4EC2, 仂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC2 ← 仁 [U+4EC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 仃 → [U+4EC3]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仂 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人大尸 (OKS), four-corner 2422₇, composition ⿰亻力)

1. surplus or excess
2. remainder

Derived characters

• 𣲒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 350
• Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 110, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EC2

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
勒	*rɯːɡ
肋	*rɯːɡ
扐	*rɯːɡ
仂	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
艻	*rɯːɡ
朸	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
玏	*rɯːɡ
泐	*rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
阞	*rɯːɡ
竻	*rɯːɡ
力	*rɯɡ
屴	*rɯɡ
鳨	*rɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仂
alternative forms		阞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lè (le⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lè
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴
    • Yale: lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
    • Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lak⁶
    • Yale: lahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lok

Rime
Character	仂
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧則切
Baxter	lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lək̚/
Li Rong	/lək̚/
Wang Li	/lək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仂
Reading #	1/2
No.	7847
Phonetic component	力
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	勒
Old Chinese	/*rɯːɡ/

Definitions

仂

1. ^† surplus; remainder; tithe

Compounds

• 仂囝
• 仂語／仂语 (lèyǔ)
• 偪仂 (bīlè)

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仂

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶

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• 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: lik⁶
    • Yale: lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lik

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仂
Reading #	2/2
No.	7857
Phonetic component	力
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	力
Old Chinese	/*rɯɡ/

Definitions

仂

1. Alternative form of 力 (lì, “strenuously; untiringly”)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 仂 – see 働. (This character is a variant form of 働).

Japanese

See also 働

Kanji

仂

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. surplus, excess
2. remainder

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)、りき (riki)
• Kan-on: ろく (roku)、りょく (ryoku)
• Kun: はたらく (hataraku, 仂く)、つとめる (tsutomeru, 仂める)
• Nanori: つとむ (tsutomu)

Usage notes

Zokuji (俗字). Non-standard for 働.

Korean

Hanja

仂 • (reuk) (hangeul 륵, revised reuk, McCune–Reischauer rŭk)

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