禄
good fortune; official salary
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How 禄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
礻 (semantic, “spirit”) + 录 (phonetic, lù)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 录
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 录 (lù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 录 sound component | lù | to copy, to record, to write down |
| 绿 | lǜ | green; chlorine |
| 氯 | lǜ | chlorine |
| 剥 | bāo | to peel, to skin; to exploit |
| 碌 | lù | rocky, rough, uneven; mediocre |
| 渌 | lù | to strain |
| 逯 | lù | to leave without a reason; surname |
Words containing 禄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世禄之家 | shì lù zhī jiā | family with hereditary emoluments |
| 光禄大夫 | guāng lù dài fu | honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master" |
| 长生禄位 | cháng shēng lù wèi | tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created) |
| 无功不受禄 | wú gōng bù shòu lù | Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom) |
| 安禄山 | Ān Lù shān | An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 … |
| 功名利禄 | gōng míng lì lù | position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune |
| 加官进禄 | jiā guān jìn lù | promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom) |
| 无功受禄 | wú gōng shòu lù | to get undeserved rewards (idiom) |
| 福禄贝尔 | Fú lù bèi ěr | surname Fröbel or Froebel; Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782–1852), German pedagogue |
| 伯多禄 | Bó duō lù | Peter (Catholic transliteration) |
| 李天禄 | Lǐ Tiān lù | Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer |
| 荣禄大夫 | róng lù dà fū | a rank in government service |
| 他加禄语 | Tā jiā lù yǔ | Tagalog (language) |
| 高官厚禄 | gāo guān hòu lù | high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position |
| 无禄 | wú lù | to be unsalaried; to be unfortunate; death |
| 天禄 | tiān lù | auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail; possession of the emp… |
| 回禄之灾 | Huí lù zhī zāi | (idiom) fire disaster; conflagration |
| 利禄 | lì lù | wealth and official post |
| 禄丰市 | Lù fēng Shì | Lufeng, a county-level city in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 z… |
| 禄劝彝族苗族自治县 | Lù quàn Yí zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn | Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan |