禄

See also: 祿

禄 U+7984, 禄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7984 ← 禃 [U+7983] CJK Unified Ideographs 禅 → [U+7985]

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 祿 (示 → 礻 and 彔 → 录).

Note the long bottom stroke on 彐, which should not be written as ヨ – the bottom stroke should extend to the right, past the vertical.

Han character

禄 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓一水 (IFNME), composition ⿰礻录)

Derived characters

• 𡽋, 𦽎, 𦌟, 簶, 䴪 (Only for mainland China glyph forms)
• 𪤤, 𬓗 (Vietnamese characters)

Related characters

• 祿 (Original character)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 844, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24741
• Dae Jaweon: page 1264, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2402, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7984

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 禄 – see 祿 (“blessing; happiness; prosperity; emoluments; official salary”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 祿).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

禄

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祿)

1. happiness
2. pension, grant
3. fief

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: ろく (roku)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi, 禄)、さいわい (saiwai, 禄い)
• Nanori: とし (toshi)、よし (yoshi)