# 蘿

| 蘿 | U+863F, &#34367; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-863F |
| ← 蘾 [U+863E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 虀 → [U+8640] |
| 蘿 | U+F910, &#63760; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F910 |
| ← 羅 [U+F90F] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 螺 → [U+F911] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蘿 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中土 (TWLG), four-corner 4491$_4$, composition ⿱艹羅)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1071, character 37
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32590
* Dae Jaweon: page 1538, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3336, character 11
* Unihan data for U+863F
* Unihan data for U+F910

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 羅 | *raːl |
| 蘿 | *raːl |
| 籮 | *raːl |
| 儸 | *raːl |
| 饠 | *raːl |
| 欏 | *raːl, *raːlʔ |
| 囉 | *raːl |
| 鑼 | *raːl |
| 邏 | *raːl, *raːls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːl): semantic 艸 + phonetic 羅 (OC *raːl).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luó (luo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lo$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lò
* Jin (Wiktionary): le$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘ / lâ / nâ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lo$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lu; $^6$lau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luó
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luó
*** Wade–Giles: lo$^2$
*** Yale: lwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
*** Palladius: ло (lo)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lo$^4$
*** Yale: lòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lo$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lò
*** Hakka Romanization System: lo$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lo¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: le$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /lɤ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃o⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô
*** Tâi-lô: lô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: looi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lo²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ
*** Tâi-lô: lâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: laa
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /la²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³/
** (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
*** Tâi-lô: nâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naa
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /nã²⁴/
* lô/lô͘ - literary;
* lâ/nâ - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: la
Rime :
| Character | 蘿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 魯何切 |
| Baxter | la |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /la/ |
| Li Rong | /lɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /lɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | luó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lo$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*raːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蘿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8677 |
| Phonetic component | 羅 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 羅 |
| Old Chinese | /*raːl/ |

### Definitions

蘿
* (botany) creeping or trailing plants

### Compounds

* 坐蘿蔔 / 坐萝卜
* 女蘿 / 女萝 (nǚluó)
* 小蘿蔔頭 / 小萝卜头
* 攀蘿附木 / 攀萝附木
* 松蘿 / 松萝 (sōngluó)
* 松蘿共倚 / 松萝共倚
* 牽蘿補屋 / 牵萝补屋
* 甜蘿蔔 / 甜萝卜
* 白蘿蔔 / 白萝卜 (báiluóbo)
* 碧蘿春 / 碧萝春
* 空心蘿蔔 / 空心萝卜
* 糖蘿蔔 / 糖萝卜 (tángluóbo)
* 結絲蘿 / 结丝萝
* 絲蘿 / 丝萝
* 胡蘿蔔 / 胡萝卜 (húluóbo)
* 胡蘿蔔素 / 胡萝卜素 (húluóbosù)
* 花心蘿蔔 / 花心萝卜 (huāxīn luóbo)
* 蒔蘿 / 莳萝 (shíluó)
* 蔦蘿 / 茑萝
* 藤蘿 / 藤萝 (téngluó)
* 蘿芙木 / 萝芙木 (luófúmù)
* 蘿蔔 / 萝卜 (luóbo)
* 蘿蔔乾 / 萝卜干 (luóbogān)
* 蘿蔔精 / 萝卜精
* 蘿蔔糕 / 萝卜糕 (luóbogāo)
* 蘿蔔頭 / 萝卜头 (luóbotóu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* creeper

#### Readings

* Go-on: ら (ra)
* Kan-on: ら (ra)
* Kun: かずら (kazura, 蘿)、こけ (koke, 蘿)、つた (tsuta, 蘿)、かげ (kage, 蘿)

#### Compounds

* 蘿藦(ががいも) (gagaimo): Metaplexis japonica
* 蘿蔔(すずしろ) (suzushiro): daikon
* 蘿(ら)衣(い) (rai)
* 蘿(ら)径(けい) (rakei)
* 蘿(ら)月(げつ) (ragetsu)
* 蘿(ら)蔦(ちょう) (rachō)
* 蘿(ら)蔔(ふく), 蘿(ら)菔(ふく) (rafuku): daikon
* 蘿(ら)薜(へい) (rahei)
* 蘿(ら)藦(ま) (rama): Metaplexis japonica
* 蘿(ら)蔓(まん) (raman)
* 蘿(ら)艻(ろく), 蘿(ら)勒(ろく) (raroku)
* 煙(えん)蘿(ら) (enra)
* 松(しょう)蘿(ら) (shōra)
* 女(じょ)蘿(ら) (jora)
* 青(せい)蘿(ら) (seira)
* 藤(とう)蘿(ら), 籐(とう)蘿(ら) (tōra)
* 菠(は)蘿(ら) (hara)
* 海蘿(ふのり) (funori)
* 薜(へい)蘿(ら) (heira)
* 松(まつ)の蘿(こけ) (matsu no koke)
* 緑(りょく)蘿(ら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蘿
* かげ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ɡe̞]

### Noun

蘿(かげ) • (kage)
* Synonym of 日陰の蔓 (hikage no kazura, “wolf's-foot clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum”)

## Korean
### Hanja

蘿 • (ra>na) (hangeul 라>나, revised ra>na, McCune–Reischauer ra>na, Yale la>na)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, lá): semantic 艹 (“grass”) + phonetic 羅 (la).

### Han character

蘿: Hán Nôm readings: la, lá
* chữ Nôm form of lá (“leaf”).

#### Compounds

* 𩇢蘿𣘃 (xanh lá cây)

#### Usage notes

* Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for leaf is lá.
* This character only means leaf in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. 葉 means silver in Chinese and Japanese.
* This is the regular form of this character. The common form is 𦲿.

#### References

* www.chunom.org