Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

禄: fief, allowance

Also: pension, grant, happiness

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

礻 carries the meaning · ⺕ and 氺 are drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ロクroku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 元禄げんろくGenroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
  • 禄ろくstipend (paid to court officials, samurai…
  • 加禄かろくincrease in a samurai's stipend

Also read さいわい, ふち, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
More in the 礻 altar story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
礻

Also built on altar (礻)

All 14
⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all
氺

Also built on water (氺)

All 5

Also read ロク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
禄 fief · 礻 + ⺕ + 氺
vs康 ease · 广 + 隶
禄 has 礻 + ⺕ + 氺 where 康 has 广 + 隶.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 祿 · lù

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 禄. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 祿.

Simplified
禄 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
祿 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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