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臘
臘
See also: 腊
Translingual
Han character
臘 (radical 130 肉+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月女女女 (BVVV), four-corner 72217, composition ⿰⺼巤)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 997, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30009
- Dae Jaweon: page 1448, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2123, character 6
- Unihan data for U+81D8
Chinese
| trad. | 臘 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 腊 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (巤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 鑞 | *raːb |
| 蠟 | *raːb |
| 邋 | *raːb, *rab |
| 臘 | *raːb |
| 臈 | *raːb |
| 擸 | *raːb, *rab |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 獵 | *rab |
| 躐 | *rab |
| 鬣 | *rab |
| 儠 | *rab |
| 犣 | *rab |
| 鱲 | *rab |
| 巤 | *rab |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ
- Wade-Giles: la4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lah
- IPA (key): /la̠⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: laap6, lip6
- Yale: laahp, lihp
- Cantonese Pinyin: laap9, lip9
- IPA (key): /lɑːp̚²/, /liːp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 臘 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /la⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /la⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /lɑ⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /la²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /la⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /la²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /la²¹/ | |
| Xining | /la⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /la¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /la¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /la²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /na²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /na³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /na²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /la̠³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /lɑʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /lɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /laʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /lʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /laʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /laʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /laʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /lɑʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /la²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /la²²/ |
| Tunxi | /lɔ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /la²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /nɒ²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/laʔ²/ ～月 /laʔ⁵/ ～肉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /lap̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | /lɑp̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lap̚²/ |
| Nanning | /ʟap̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /lap̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/lap̚⁵/ /laʔ⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /laʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/la⁴²/ /si²⁴/ |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /laʔ⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /la³³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 盍 (144) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 盧盍切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lap̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lɑp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
là |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
là |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ lap › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.rˤap/ |
| English | winter sacrifice |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8146 |
| Phonetic component |
巤 |
| Rime group |
盍 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
臘 |
| Old Chinese |
/*raːb/ |
Definitions
臘
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
臘
Readings
Noun
- a Buddhist ceremony held in winter on the third day of the dog
- the twelfth month of the lunar-solar calendar
- a year in Buddhism after one completes a meditation retreat
Synonyms
- (twelfth month): 臘月
Korean
Hanja
臘 • (rap>nap) (hangeul 랍>납, revised rap>nap, McCune-Reischauer rap>nap, Yale lap>nap)
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Vietnamese
Han character
臘 (chạp, chợp, lạp, lép)
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