# 絡

| 絡 | U+7D61, &#32097; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D61 |
| ← 絠 [U+7D60] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絢 → [U+7D62] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹水口 (VFHER), four-corner 2796$_4$, composition ⿰糹各)

#### Descendants

* 络

#### Derived characters

* 𭊽, 𰘯, 𮜘, 𮑗, 𨷀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27426
* Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3396, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7D61

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 絡 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·raːɡ) : semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ) – wrapped in thread, a web of thread.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luò, lào (luo$^4$, lao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ, ㄌㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lok$^3$ / lok$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): log$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lueh$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k / lo̍h / le
    (Teochew, Peng'im): log$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$loq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, vernacular)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luò
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luò
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^4$
*** Yale: lwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoh
*** Palladius: ло (lo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lào
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lào
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^4$
*** Yale: làu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: law
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lok$^3$ / lok$^6$
*** Yale: lok / lohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lok$^8$ / lok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: log$^3$ / log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːk̚³/, /lɔːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: log
*** Hagfa Pinyim: log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: log$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /luəʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lok
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loih
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /loʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /loʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /loʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le
*** Tâi-lô: le
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /le⁴⁴/
* lo̍k - literary;
* lo̍h - vernacular (“net; to slip something over like a cage”);
* le - 勒 is used in the Mainland.
* Middle Chinese: lak
Rime :
| Character | 絡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 盧各切 |
| Baxter | lak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | luò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3868 |
| Phonetic component | 各 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 落 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·raːɡ/ |

### Definitions

絡
* to enmesh; to wrap around
* web; net
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to slip something over like a cage

### Compounds

* 不受籠絡／不受笼络
* 吃掛絡兒／吃挂络儿
* 城市網絡／城市网络
* 孫絡／孙络
* 心包絡／心包络 (xīnbāoluò)
* 掛絡兒／挂络儿
* 攏絡／拢络
* 橘絡／橘络 (júluò)
* 汗絡兒／汗络儿
* 油絡／油络
* 活絡／活络
* 熱絡／热络 (rèluò)
* 熟絡／熟络 (shúluò)
* 筋絡／筋络
* 籠絡／笼络 (lǒngluò)
* 紇絡／纥络
* 絡子／络子
* 絲瓜絡／丝瓜络 (sīguāluò)
* 絡絲／络丝 (luòsī)
* 絡緯／络纬 (luòwěi)
* 絡縸／络𫄲
* 絡繹／络绎 (luòyì)
* 絡繹不絕／络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
* 絡繹於途／络绎于途
* 絡續／络续
* 絡腮鬍／络腮胡 (luòsāihú)
* 絡頭／络头
* 經絡／经络 (jīngluò)
* 網絡／网络 (wǎngluò)
* 纓絡／缨络
* 聯絡／联络 (liánluò)
* 聯絡員／联络员
* 聯絡簿／联络簿
* 脈絡／脉络 (màiluò)
* 脈絡膜／脉络膜 (màiluòmó)
* 脈絡貫通／脉络贯通
* 蒙絡／蒙络
* 連絡／连络 (liánluò)
* 連絡線／连络线
* 鉤絡帶／钩络带
* 陰絡／阴络

### References

* “絡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* entangle, entwine, coil around, cling
* tied to, connected to
* reason, logic
* reins of a horse

#### Readings

* Go-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: らく (raku, Jōyō)
* Kun: からむ (karamu, 絡む, Jōyō)、からめる (karameru, 絡める, Jōyō)、からまる (karamaru, 絡まる, Jōyō)、からげる (karageru, 絡げる)、まとう (matou, 絡う)、つながる (tsunagaru, 絡がる)

#### Compounds

* 経(けい)絡(らく) (keiraku): (acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) meridian
* 短(たん)絡(らく) (tanraku): short circuit; logical leap
* 手絡(てがら) (tegara): a kind of female hair accessory
* 脈(みゃく)絡(らく) (myakuraku): line of reasoning; blood vessel
* 連(れん)絡(らく) (renraku): connection; communication
* 籠(ろう)絡(らく) (rōraku)

## Korean
### Hanja

絡 (eumhun 헌솜 락 (heonsom rak), word-initial (South Korea) 헌솜 낙 (heonsom nak))
* hanja form of 락/낙 (“enmesh, wrap around”)
* hanja form of 락/낙 (“web, net”)

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

絡: Hán Nôm readings: rạc, lạc
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