漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
録: record
JLPT N216 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 金metal(meaning)
- 彔(sound)
金 carries the meaning · 彔 gives the sound
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ロクroku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 目録もくろくcatalogue, catalog
- 付録ふろくappendix, supplement
- 語録ごろくanalects, sayings
- 会議録かいぎろくminutes, proceedings
- 録音するろくおんするrecord [v.t.]
- 録画するろくがするvideotape [v.t.]
- 記録するきろくするrecord, document [v.t.]
- 収録するしゅうろくするrecord [v.t.]
- 登録するとうろくするregister
Also read しるす, とる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)金 metal (meaning) + 彔 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 錄 (rev. 93505418), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side録 record · 金
vs緑 green · 糸In ChineseSimplified 录 · traditional 錄 · lù
Three different forms: Japanese 録, simplified 录, traditional 錄.
- Simplified
- 录 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 錄 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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