# 轆轤
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lùlú
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): luk$^1$ lou$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lueh$^{4-5}$ lueh$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lùlú → lùlu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨˊ → ㄌㄨˋ ˙ㄌㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lùlů
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$-lu$^5$
*** Yale: lù-lu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh.lu
*** Palladius: лулу (lulu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹ lu³⁵/ → /lu⁵¹ lu¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: luk$^1$ lou$^4$
*** Yale: lūk lòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: luk$^7$ lou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lug$^1$ lou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lʊk̚⁵ lou̯²¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lueh$^{4-5}$ lueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /luəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ luəʔ²/
* Middle Chinese: luwk lu
Rime :
| Character | 轆 | 轤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (3) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 盧谷切 | 落胡切 |
| Baxter | luwk | lu |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luk̚/ | /luo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luk̚/ | /luo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /luk̚/ | /lo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləwk̚/ | /lɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /luk̚/ | /lo/ |
| Wang Li | /luk̚/ | /lu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luk̚/ | /luo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lù | lú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | luk$^6$ | lou$^4$ |

### Noun

轆轤
* well pulley
* windlass; winch
* potter's wheel

#### Synonyms

* (well pulley): (Hokkien) 加轆仔／加辘仔

#### Derived terms

* 轆轤劍 / 辘轳剑
* 轆轤格 / 辘轳格
* 轆轤韻 / 辘轳韵
* 轆轤首 / 辘轳首 (lùlúshǒu)
* 轆轤體 / 辘轳体

## Japanese
### Etymology

Kanji in this term :
| 轆 | 轤 |
| ろく Hyōgai | ろ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Chinese, most likely /luwklo/.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ろくろ [ròkúró] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) ろくろ [ròkúróꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) ろくろ [róꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɾo̞kɯ̟ɾo̞]

### Noun

轆(ろく)轤(ろ) • (rokuro)
* a potter's wheel
    Synonym: 轆轤台 (rokurodai)
** 「２基の轆轤を、土の種類によって使い分けています。」
* a winch used to pull heavy objects
    Synonym: 神楽桟 (kagurasan)
* (nautical) a capstan of a traditional Japanese ship, found on the port and starboard of the 舮櫓 (tomo yagura, “aftcastle or aft cabin”)
    Synonym: 車地 (shachi)
* Short for 轆轤鉋 (rokuro-gana, “a lathe; a rotating device used for wood work”).
** 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 5, page 79:轆轤 四聲字苑云轆轤 鹿盧二音　俗六路 圓轉機也Lathe The Four Tone Character Garden calls it a lathe two rokuru for the two sounds, commonly rokuro, it is a device for turning round objects.
** 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 539:Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 轆轤師の使う轆轤. Rocuroni caqete fiqu. (轆轤にかけて挽く) 轆轤で細工する.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* a well pulley
* a runner; the part of an umbrella that holds all stretchers and facilitates opening and closing
** 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 539:Rocuro. ロクロ (轆轤) 日傘の内側にある轆轤.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* 轆轤鉋(ろくろがな) (rokurogana)
* 轆轤木(ロクロギ) (rokurogi)
* 轆轤錐(ろくろぎり) (rokurogiri)
* 轆轤首(ろくろくび) (rokurokubi)
* 轆轤師(ろくろし) (rokuroshi)
* 轆轤台(ろくろだい) (rokurodai)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
* Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.