# 甪

| 甪 | U+752A, &#29994; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-752A |
| ← 甩 [U+7529] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 甫 → [U+752B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 2722$_0$, composition ⿱丿用)

#### Derived characters

* 𱐻

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
* Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
* Unihan data for U+752A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Original version of 角 (Zihui), which represents a horn. Unrelated to the bottom part of 備, which represents a quiver.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lù (lu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): luk$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): log$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lù
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$
*** Yale: lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: luk$^6$
*** Yale: luhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: luk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: log$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /lok̚⁴/

#### Definitions

甪
* Used in place names.
    甪直 ― Lùzhí ― Luzhi, Jiangsu
    甪堰 ― Lùyàn ― Luyan, Zhejiang
* a surname

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lut
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lug$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lut
*** Tâi-lô: lut
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lud
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lut̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lug$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: luk
*** Sinological IPA : /luk̚²/

#### Definitions

甪
* (Southern Min) to come loose; to come off
       Thâu-mn̂g lut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Hair (on my head) is coming off.
* (Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)
    甪予伊金 [Hokkien] ― lut hō͘ i kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to rub back and forth to make it shine
* (Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)
    甪職／甪职 [Hokkien] ― lut-chit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to demote to a lower rank
* (Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle
    甪仔 [Hokkien] ― lut-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― swindler
* (Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease
       Kè-chîⁿ lut bōe lo̍h-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       The price can't be brought down.
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin
       Koe-bô lut bô chheng-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       The chicken hair was not plucked cleanly.
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)
    甪雞／甪鸡 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― lut ke [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to pluck a chicken

##### Synonyms

* (to come off): 脫落／脱落 (tuōluò), 掉落 (diàoluò); (Hokkien) 黜

#### Compounds

* 甪仔
* 甪仔喙
* 甪位
* 甪喙
* 甪晶
* 甪班
* 甪職 / 甪职
* 甪臼
* 甪輪 / 甪轮
* 甪雞 / 甪鸡
* 踏甪

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 甪 – see 角 (“horn; antler; point; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 角).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
* Kun: つの (tsuno)