綠

綠 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火女弓水 (VFVNE), four-corner 2793₂, composition ⿰糹彔)

• 緑 绿

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 926, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27541
• Dae Jaweon: page 1363, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3422, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7DA0
• Unihan data for U+F93D

Historical forms of the character 綠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roɡ) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 彔 (OC *b·roːɡ).

Starostin derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rwak (“leaf”), and cites Tibetan ཁྲོག་པོ (khrog po, “botanical term used of leaves standing round the stem scattered or alternately”), Burmese ရွက် (rwak), အရွက် (a.rwak, “leaf”) as cognates. Compare also Kinnauri rāgʻ (“blue, green”).

Cognate with 菉 (“name of a plant of uncertain species”). In modern times this character gave rise to 氯 (“chlorine”).

For the sense “to cuckold”, see 綠頭巾／绿头巾 (lǜtóujīn).

綠

1. green

   綠色／绿色  ―  lǜsè  ―  green (color)

2. to become green
3. (literary, only of hair) black and glossy (especially in a youthful-looking way)

   綠鬢／绿鬓  ―  lǜbìn  ―  black hair

4. healthy; environmentally friendly; green

   綠建築／绿建筑  ―  lǜ jiànzhù  ―  green building

   綠住宅／绿住宅  ―  lǜ zhùzhái  ―  green home

5. green leaves
6. green field
7. Original form of 籙.
8. Alternative form of 菉 (lù, “name of a plant”)
9. (symbolic) Islam(ic); Muslim

   綠教／绿教  ―  lǜjiào  ―  (slang) Islam

10. (politics) related to the pro-independence pan-Green coalition of Taiwan

    綠營／绿营  ―  lǜyíng  ―  Pro-Taiwan Independence camp

11. (slang) to cuckold

    Synonym: 戴綠帽子／戴绿帽子 (dài lǜmàozi)

12. a surname

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 緑)

1. Kyūjitai form of 緑: the color green

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りょく (ryoku)
• Kun: みどり (midori, 綠)
• Nanori: つか (tsuka); つな (tsuna); のり (nori)

For names, this 旧字体 (kyūjitai, literally “old form”) of the kanji may still be used. For all other uses, see the 緑 entry.

綠(みどり) • (Midori) 

1. a female given name.

綠 (eumhun 푸를 록 (pureul rok), South Korea 푸를 녹 (pureul nok))

1. Hanja form^? of 록/녹 (“blue, green”).

綠: Hán Nôm readings: lục

1. green

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