虜

Han character edit

虜 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜心田大尸 (YPWKS), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿸虍男(GHJV) or ⿸虍⿱⿻毌力(TK) or ⿸虍⿱⿻囗十力(TK))

Derived characters edit

• 擄 艣 鐪

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1074, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1542, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2827, character 3
• Unihan data for U+865C

• Unihan data for U+F936

• Unihan data for U+2F9B4

Glyph origin edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

虜

1. to capture; to imprison
2. to plunder; to rob
3. captive; prisoner of war

   • 獻民虜者操右袂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     献民虏者操右袂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Xiànmínlǔzhě cāo yòumèi. [Pinyin]

     He who is presenting a captive should hold him by the right sleeve.

4. (literary, derogatory) enemy

   • 虜不虞軍至，因大潰。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     虏不虞军至，因大溃。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE

     Lǔ bù yú jūn zhì, yīn dà kuì. [Pinyin]

     The enemies did not anticipate the armies' arrival, so they were utterly routed.

5. (literary, derogatory) northern barbarian

   • 是以北人詆南為島夷，南人指北為索虜，在當日之人，不務修德行仁，而徒事口舌相譏，已為至卑至陋之見。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     是以北人诋南为岛夷，南人指北为索虏，在当日之人，不务修德行仁，而徒事口舌相讥，已为至卑至陋之见。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 18th century, Yongzheng Emperor,《大義覺迷錄》"Resolving Confusion with a Discourse on Righteousness", translated by Devin Fitzgerald & annotated by Maura Dykstra

     Shìyǐ běirén dǐ nán wèi dǎoyí, nánrén zhǐ běi wèi suǒlǔ, zài dāngrì zhī rén, bù wù xiūdé xíngrén, ér tú shì kǒushé xiàng jī, yǐ wèi zhìbēi zhìlòu zhī jiàn. [Pinyin]

     So, the northerners began to slander southerners by calling them “isolated outlanders” and southerners began pointing to northerns as “braided savages.” During that time, people did not labor to perfect virtue and practice righteousness. Instead, they served the trivial matter of ridiculing each other, making their perspective only crude and base.

6. (literary) slave; servant

   • 爵吏而為縣尉，則賜虜，六加五千六百。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     爵吏而为县尉，则赐虏，六加五千六百。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE, translated based on J.J.L. Duyvendak's version

     Juélì ér wèi xiànwèi, zé cì lǔ, liù jiā wǔqiān liùbǎi. [Pinyin]

     When an officer is raised to the rank of a district commander [...] then he is presented with six prisoner-slaves, and provided with 5,000 soldiers and an income of 600 piculs of grain.

Compounds edit

Shinjitai	虜
Kyūjitai [1]	虜 虜 or 虜+︀?
	虜󠄀 虜+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	虜󠄃 虜+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings edit

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan’yō-on: りょ (ryo, Jōyō)
• Kun: つよい (tsuyoi, 虜い)^{←つよし (tuyosi, 虜し, historical)}; とりこ (toriko, 虜)

Noun edit

虜(とりこ) • (toriko) 

1. prisoner, captive, slave

Alternative forms edit

• 擒
• 俘

References edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 虜 (MC luX).

Pronunciation edit

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾo̞] ~ [no̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [로/노]

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

虜

Wikisource

虜 (eumhun 사로잡을 로 (sarojabeul ro), South Korea 사로잡을 노 (sarojabeul no))

1. Hanja form^? of 로/노 (“to capture”).

Compounds edit

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Han character edit

虜: Hán Việt readings: lỗ
虜: Nôm readings: lũ

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