掠

掠

掠 U+63A0, 掠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A0 ← 掟 [U+639F] CJK Unified Ideographs 採 → [U+63A1]

掠 U+F975, 掠 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F975 ← 若 [U+F974] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 略 → [U+F976]

Translingual

Han character

掠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口火 (QYRF), four-corner 5009₆, composition ⿰扌京)

1. rob, ransack, plunder
2. pass by

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12273
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1903, character 2
• Unihan data for U+63A0
• Unihan data for U+F975

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 掠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
涼	*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ) : semantic 手 (“insect”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ).

Etymology

See 略 (lüè, “to plunder, to pillage”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lüè, lüě (lüe⁴, lüe³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩㄝˋ, ㄌㄩㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k / lia̍k / lia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuè
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh⁴
    • Yale: lywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liueh
    • Palladius: люэ (ljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɥɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuě
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh³
    • Yale: lywě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leue
    • Palladius: люэ (ljue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɥɛ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loek⁶
    • Yale: leuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liak
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liak̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• lio̍k/lia̍k - literary;
• lia̍h - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liah⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lia̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨɐŋ^H/, /lɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	掠	掠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力讓切	離灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋH/	/lɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋH/	/liɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋH/	/liɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋH/	/lɨak̚/
Li Rong	/liaŋH/	/liak̚/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋH/	/lĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋH/	/li̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng	lüè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng6	loek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋs/, /*ɡ·raɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掠	掠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6825	6843
Phonetic component	京	京
Rime group	陽	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮	略
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raŋs/	/*ɡ·raɡ/

Definitions

掠

1. to rob; to loot
2. to sweep through
3. (Min Nan) to catch, to capture
4. (Min Nan) to arrest
5. (obsolete) to flog; to beat

   • 趙高治斯，榜掠千餘，不勝痛，自誣服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     赵高治斯，榜掠千余，不胜痛，自诬服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zhào Gāo zhì Sī, bàng lüè qiān yú, bùshēng tòng, zì wū fú. [Pinyin]

     Zhao Gao, as inquisitor, gave Li Si over a thousand flogs by the rod. Si, unable to bear the pain, false pleaded guilty.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 捉 (“to catch; to capture”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉, 抓, 捕, 捕捉
Mandarin	Taiwan	抓, 捉
	Malaysia	捉
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	捉
	Hong Kong	捉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	捉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	捉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	捉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	捉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	捉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	捉
Min Nan	Xiamen	掠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	掠
	Quanzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou	掠
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	掠
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Chaozhou	掠
	Raoping	掠
	Shantou	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
	Wenchang	掠
	Qionghai	掠

Dialectal synonyms of 逮捕 (“to arrest”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		逮捕, 拘捕, 捕捉, 緝捕, 捉拿
Mandarin	Beijing	逮, 抓
	Taiwan	捉, 抓
	Singapore	捉, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	拉
	Hong Kong	拉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	拉
Hakka	Meixian	捉
Min Nan	Xiamen	緝掠
	Quanzhou	網, 網董
	Tainan	掠
	Penang (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掠
	Manila (Hokkien)	掠
	Singapore (Teochew)	掠
Wu	Ningbo	揢
	Wenzhou	拔

Compounds

侵掠 (qīnlüè) 剽掠 (piāolüè) 劫掠 (jiélüè) 大掠 扭掠 (liú-lia̍h) (Min Nan) 抄掠 掠人之美 掠取 (lüèqǔ) 掠地攻城 掠子 掠影 (lüèyǐng) 掠是搬非 掠治 掠美

掠脂斡肉 掠食者 (lüèshízhě) 擗掠 攻城掠地 (gōngchénglüèdì) 攻掠 暴掠 榜掠 浮光掠影 焚掠 考掠 肆掠 姦淫擄掠／奸淫掳掠 後掠翼／后掠翼

掠上心頭／掠上心头 掠亂／掠乱 掠奪／掠夺 (lüèduó) 掠殺／掠杀 掠準／掠准 (lia̍h-chún) (Min Nan) 掠過／掠过 (lüèguò) 掠頭／掠头 掠龍／掠龙 (lia̍h-lêng) (Min Nan) 搶掠／抢掠 (qiǎnglüè) 擄掠／掳掠 (lǔlüè) 殺掠／杀掠 (shālüè) 虛嘴掠舌／虚嘴掠舌 鈔掠／钞掠

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *C̬.lakᴰ (“to steal”)
  • Thai: ลัก (lák, “to steal”)

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Japanese

Kanji

掠

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: らく (raku); ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りゃく (ryaku); りょう (ryō)
• Kun: かすめる (kasumeru, 掠める)

Compounds

• 侵掠(しんりゃく) (shinryaku)
• 奪掠(だつりゃく) (datsuryaku)
• 掠奪(りゃくだつ) (ryakudatsu)
• 掠笞(りょうち) (ryōchi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
掠
りゃく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 掠

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) りゃ​く [ryáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

掠(りゃく) • (ryaku) 

1. the sixth of the Eight Principles of Yong

Hypernyms

• 永字八法(えいじはっぽう) (eiji happō, “the Eight Principles of Yong”)

Coordinate terms

• 側(そく) (soku, “the first of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 勒(ろく) (roku, “the second of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 努(ど) (do, “the third of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 趯(てき) (teki, “the fourth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 策(さく) (saku, “the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 啄(たく) (taku, “the seventh of the Eight Principles of Yong”)
• 磔(たく) (taku, “the eighth of the Eight Principles of Yong”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

掠 (eumhun 노략질할 략 (noryakjilhal ryak), South Korea 노략질할 약 (noryakjilhal yak))

1. Hanja form^? of 략/약 (“rob, ransack, plunder”).
2. Hanja form^? of 략/약 (“pass by”).

掠 (eumhun 볼기칠 량 (bolgichil ryang), South Korea 볼기칠 양 (bolgichil yang))

1. Hanja form^? of 량/양 (“flog, beat”).

See also

• 略 (略)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掠: Hán Nôm readings: lướt, lược, lựng

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