# 錄

| 錄 | U+9304, &#37636; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9304 |
| ← 錃 [U+9303] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 錅 → [U+9305] |
| 錄 | U+F93F, &#63807; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F93F |
| ← 菉 [U+F93E] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 鹿 → [U+F940] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 錄 |
| Shinjitai | 録 |
| Simplified | 录 |

### Han character

錄 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金女弓水 (CVNE), four-corner 8713$_2$, composition ⿰釒彔)
* copy, write down, record

#### Derived characters

* 𧃆, 籙

#### Descendants

* 录, 録

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1309, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40519
* Dae Jaweon: page 1811, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4227, character 9
* Unihan data for U+9304
* Unihan data for U+F93F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 剝 | *proːɡ |
| 龣 | *kroːɡ, *roːɡ |
| 祿 | *roːɡ |
| 淥 | *roːɡ, *roɡ |
| 睩 | *roːɡ |
| 琭 | *roːɡ |
| 箓 | *roːɡ |
| 碌 | *roːɡ, *roɡ |
| 盝 | *roːɡ |
| 娽 | *roːɡ, *roɡ |
| 彔 | *b·roːɡ |
| 趢 | *roːɡ, *roɡ |
| 簶 | *roːɡ |
| 綠 | *roɡ |
| 逯 | *roɡ |
| 錄 | *roɡ |
| 醁 | *roɡ |
| 騄 | *roɡ |
| 菉 | *roɡ |
| 籙 | *roɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roɡ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 彔 (OC *b·roːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lù (lu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лў (lw, III) / лу (lu, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): luk$^6$ / luk$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): luuk$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): luh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liu̍k
    (Hailu, HRS): liug$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liug$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lou$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̀
* Eastern Min (BUC): liŏh
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): loeh$^7$ / lyeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k / lo̍k / le̍k / la̍k / lia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): log$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$loq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou$^6$
* 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/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лў (lw, III) / лу (lu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁴⁴/, /lou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: luk$^6$ / luk$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: luhk / lúk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: luk$^9$ / luk$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lug$^6$ / lug$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊk̚²/, /lʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: luuk$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵk̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: luh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /luʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: liug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯uk̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liug$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /liuk²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /liʊk̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ləu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /ly⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liŏh
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃uoʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: loeh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: le̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /lœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lyeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liok
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lok
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
*** Tâi-lô: li̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lek
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k
*** Tâi-lô: la̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lak
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: lia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
* lio̍k/lo̍k - literary;
* le̍k - vernacular (“to gold plate”);
* la̍k/lia̍k - vernacular.
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*roɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 錄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ok/ |
| English | inscribe, record |
| 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 | 錄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8556 |
| Phonetic component | 录 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 録 |
| Old Chinese | /*roɡ/ |

#### Definitions

錄
* to record; to write down
* to accept; to employ
* to record (using instruments)
* record; register
* (Xiamen Hokkien) to gold plate (to decorate instruments)
    錄金／录金 [Hokkien] ― le̍k kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to plate gold

#### Compounds

* 三錄儀 / 三录仪 (sānlùyí)
* 世恩錄 / 世恩录
* 世界紀錄 / 世界纪录 (shìjiè jìlù)
* 偵訊筆錄 / 侦讯笔录
* 側錄 / 侧录
* 備忘錄 / 备忘录 (bèiwànglù)
* 傳燈錄 / 传灯录
* 傳習錄 / 传习录
* 光學錄音 / 光学录音
* 全錄 / 全录
* 分錄 / 分录 (fēnlù)
* 分類目錄 / 分类目录
* 創紀錄 / 创纪录 (chuàng jìlù)
* 博古圖錄 / 博古图录
* 卡片目錄 / 卡片目录
* 同學錄 / 同学录
* 同期錄音 / 同期录音
* 同步錄音 / 同步录音
* 名錄 / 名录 (mínglù)
* 回憶錄 / 回忆录 (huíyìlù)
* 圖書目錄 / 图书目录
* 圖錄 / 图录
* 型錄 / 型录 (xínglù)
* 報錄人 / 报录人
* 多軌錄音 / 多轨录音 (duōguǐ lùyīn)
* 夜譚隨錄 / 夜谭随录
* 夢粱錄 / 梦粱录
* 存錄 / 存录
* 實況錄影 / 实况录影
* 實錄 / 实录 (shílù)
* 幽明錄 / 幽明录
* 序錄 / 序录 (xùlù)
* 康濟錄 / 康济录
* 徵信錄 / 征信录
* 恆言錄 / 恒言录
* 情僧錄 / 情僧录
* 懺悔錄 / 忏悔录
* 打破紀錄 / 打破纪录
* 抄錄 / 抄录 (chāolù)
* 指紋紀錄 / 指纹纪录
* 採錄 / 采录 (cǎilù)
* 搢紳錄 / 搢绅录
* 摘錄 / 摘录 (zhāilù)
* 撰錄
* 收錄 / 收录 (shōulù)
* 收錄音機 / 收录音机
* 啟示錄 / 启示录 (qǐshìlù)
* 敘錄 / 叙录
* 新紀錄 / 新纪录
* 日知錄 / 日知录
* 書錄 / 书录
* 朱子語錄 / 朱子语录
* 板錄 / 板录
* 棄瑕錄用 / 弃瑕录用
* 樂府雜錄 / 乐府杂录
* 檢錄 / 检录 (jiǎnlù)
* 永不錄用 / 永不录用
* 求古錄 / 求古录
* 法書要錄 / 法书要录
* 淵源錄 / 渊源录
* 清異錄 / 清异录
* 漫錄 / 漫录
* 灌錄 / 灌录 (guànlù)
* 燒錄 / 烧录 (shāolù)
* 燒錄器 / 烧录器
* 燒錄機 / 烧录机
* 琵琶錄 / 琵琶录
* 甄奇錄異 / 甄奇录异
* 登科錄 / 登科录
* 登錄 / 登录 (dēnglù)
* 盜錄 / 盗录
* 目錄 / 目录 (mùlù)
* 目錄卡 / 目录卡
* 目錄學 / 目录学 (mùlùxué)
* 破紀錄 / 破纪录
* 祕錄 / 秘录
* 票房紀錄 / 票房纪录
* 稱謂錄 / 称谓录
* 筆錄 / 笔录 (bǐlù)
* 答錄機 / 答录机 (dálùjī)
* 節錄 / 节录 (jiélù)
* 簡字譜錄 / 简字谱录
* 簿錄 / 簿录 (bùlù)
* 紀錄 / 纪录 (jìlù)
* 紀錄片 / 纪录片
* 納奇錄異 / 纳奇录异
* 網路型錄 / 网路型录
* 編錄 / 编录 (biānlù)
* 翻錄 / 翻录 (fānlù)
* 考信錄 / 考信录
* 聯合目錄 / 联合目录
* 職員錄 / 职员录
* 舍短錄長 / 舍短录长
* 著錄 / 著录 (zhùlù)
* 褒錄 / 褒录
* 言行錄 / 言行录
* 記錄 / 记录 (jìlù)
* 語錄 / 语录 (yǔlù)
* 謄錄 / 誊录 (ténglù)
* 謄錄所 / 誊录所
* 譜錄 / 谱录
* 議事紀錄 / 议事纪录
* 輟耕錄 / 辍耕录
* 輯錄 / 辑录 (jílù)
* 轉錄 / 转录 (zhuǎnlù)
* 近思錄 / 近思录
* 通訊錄 / 通讯录 (tōngxùnlù)
* 過錄 / 过录
* 選錄 / 选录 (xuǎnlù)
* 采風錄 / 采风录
* 量才錄用 / 量才录用
* 量材錄用 / 量材录用
* 金石錄 / 金石录
* 錄事 / 录事
* 錄供 / 录供 (lùgòng)
* 錄像帶 / 录像带 (lùxiàngdài)
* 錄像機 / 录像机 (lùxiàngjī)
* 錄像片 / 录像片
* 錄取 / 录取 (lùqǔ)
* 錄取率 / 录取率
* 錄囚 / 录囚
* 錄影 / 录影 (lùyǐng)
* 錄影帶 / 录影带 (lùyǐngdài)
* 錄影機 / 录影机 (lùyǐngjī)
* 錄影碟 / 录影碟
* 錄影節目 / 录影节目
* 錄放影機 / 录放影机
* 錄灌 / 录灌
* 錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
* 錄科 / 录科
* 錄製 / 录制 (lùzhì)
* 錄遺 / 录遗
* 錄音 / 录音 (lùyīn)
* 錄音室 / 录音室
* 錄音帶 / 录音带 (lùyīndài)
* 錄音機 / 录音机 (lùyīnjī)
* 錄音間 / 录音间
* 錄音電話 / 录音电话 (lùyīn diànhuà)
* 錄鬼簿 / 录鬼簿
* 開元錄 / 开元录
* 附錄 / 附录 (fùlù)
* 集錄 / 集录 (jílù)
* 電話錄音 / 电话录音
* 靖康要錄 / 靖康要录
* 題名錄 / 题名录
* 首開紀錄 / 首开纪录
* 髹飾錄 / 髹饰录
* 鬼錄 / 鬼录
* 點將錄 / 点将录 (diǎnjiànglù)
* 齒錄 / 齿录 (chǐlù)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 錄 – see 戮 (“to kill; to massacre; to humiliate; to disgrace; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 戮).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 録 |
| Kyūjitai | 錄 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 録)
* copy
* write down
* record

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろく (roku)
* On: りょ (ryo)
* Kun: しるす (shirusu, 錄す)

## Korean
### Hanja

錄 (eumhun 기록할 록 (girokhal rok), word-initial (South Korea) 기록할 녹 (girokhal nok))
* hanja form of 록/녹 (“write down; to record”)

#### Compounds

* 녹음 (錄音, nogeum, “recording (a sound)”)
* 기록 (記錄, girok, “record (typically written)”)
* 녹화 (錄畫, nokhwa, “recording (a video)”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

錄: Hán Nôm readings: lục
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