Hanja Analyzer
碌

碌 — rok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
푸른돌 록
Romanization
rok
English
rough, uneven, rocky; mediocre
Mandarin
lù
Japanese on'yomi
ロク, ラク, リョク
Japanese kun'yomi
ろく.な
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
石 (112, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
彔(록)
Unicode
U+788C

How 碌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 碌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 彔.

Korean example words with 碌

  • 노록勞碌 Korean gloss: 쉬거나 게을리하지 않고 꾸준히 힘을 다함.
  • 녹록碌碌 Korean gloss: ‘녹록하다’의 어근.
  • 아록록阿碌碌 Korean gloss: 이것저것 많기는 하나 쓸 만한 것이 없음.
  • 록록무명碌碌無名 Korean gloss: 평범하고 하잘것없어 이름조차 없음. ⇒남한 규범 표기는 ‘녹록무명’이다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 碌

  • 碌にろくに (not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough
  • 碌ろく satisfactory; decent; good
  • 耄碌もうろく senility; dotage; decrepitude
  • 碌なろくな satisfactory; decent; good
  • 碌々ろくろく (not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough
  • 碌で無しろくでなし bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
  • 碌すっぽろくすっぽ (not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough
  • 碌でもないろくでもない good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

Characters sharing the phonetic 彔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “록” in Korean.

Other hanja read “록”

Other hanja with radical 石

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