洛陽

洛陽

See also: 洛阳 and 落陽

Chinese

		surname; name of a river	positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (洛陽)		洛	陽
simp. (洛阳)		洛	阳
alternative forms		雒陽／雒阳

Etymology

Yang (north) of the Luo River; based on Yin and yang toponymy in which north is associated with yang. Luoyang is situated to the north of the Luo River.[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Luòyáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok³ joeng⁴, lok⁶ joeng⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Lo̍k-yòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): log⁶ yong²

• Min Dong (BUC): Lŏk-iòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Lo̍k-iông / Lo̍h-iûⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸ iang⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): loq hhian (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Luòyáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Luòyáng
    • Wade–Giles: Lo⁴-yang²
    • Yale: Lwò-yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Luohyang
    • Palladius: Лоян (Lojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok³ joeng⁴, lok⁶ joeng⁴
    • Yale: lok yèuhng, lohk yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁸ joeng⁴, lok⁹ joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log³ yêng⁴, log⁶ yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚³ jœːŋ²¹/, /lɔːk̚² jœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lo̍k-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: log iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lo̍k-yòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: log (r)iongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ (j)i̯oŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: log⁶ yong²
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵ iɔŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lŏk-iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ouʔ⁵⁻³³ yoŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lo̍k-iông
    • Tâi-lô: Lo̍k-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: log'ioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lo̍h-iûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Lo̍h-iûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiq'viuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ iũ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: log⁸ iang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k iâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴⁻² iaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: loq hhian (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊʔ¹¹ ɦiã²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɑk̚  jɨɐŋ/

Rime
Character	洛	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	盧各切	與章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/jɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/jiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/iɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/jɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/iaŋ/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/jĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/i̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	yáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡ  laŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yáng
Middle Chinese	‹ yang ›
Old Chinese	/*laŋ/
English	bright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洛	陽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3866	14590
Phonetic component	各	昜
Rime group	鐸	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	落	陽
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raːɡ/	/*laŋ/

Proper noun

洛陽

1. (～市) Luoyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)
2. (～鎮) Luoyang (name of various towns in China)
   1. (～鎮) Luoyang (a town in the district of Zengdu, in the prefecture-level city of Suizhou, Hubei, China)
   2. (～鎮) Luoyang (a town in Hui'an County, in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)
3. (～江) Luoyang (a river in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China)

Derived terms

洛陽伽藍記／洛阳伽蓝记 洛陽才子／洛阳才子 洛陽橋／洛阳桥

洛陽紙貴／洛阳纸贵 (luòyángzhǐguì) 洛陽鏟／洛阳铲

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洛陽):

• → Japanese: 洛陽(らくよう) (Rakuyō)
• → Korean: 낙양(洛陽) (Nagyang)
• → Vietnamese: Lạc Dương (洛陽)

Others:

• → English: Luoyang

References

1. Luoyang, in Encyclopædia Britannica: "it was named Luoyang because it was north (yang) of the Luo River,"

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
洛	陽
らく Jinmeiyō	よう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Proper noun

洛(らく)陽(よう) • (Rakuyō) ^{←らくやう (rakuyau)?}

1. Luoyang (a prefecture-level city in Henan, China)
2. As a poetic name for Kyoto, Japan, as an allusion to the virtues of Luoyang

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Korean

Hanja in this term
洛	陽

Proper noun

洛陽 • (Nagyang) (hangeul 낙양)

1. Hanja form^? of 낙양 (“Luoyang”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
洛	陽

Proper noun

洛陽

1. chữ Hán form of Lạc Dương (“Luoyang”).