角落

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (角落)		角	落
simp. #(角落)		角	落

Etymology

Disyllabic emphatic form of 角 (OC *kroːɡ, “corner”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎoluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ lok⁶, gok³ lok^6-1

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok-lo̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kak-lo̍k / kak-lo̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴ loh⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷koq-loq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎoluò
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-lo⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeauluoh
    • Palladius: цзяоло (czjaolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ lok⁶, gok³ lok^6-1
    • Yale: gok lohk, gok lōk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ lok⁹, gok⁸ lok^9-7
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ log⁶, gog³ log^6-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²/, /kɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²⁻⁵/

Note:

• gok3 lok6 - literary;
• gok3 lok6-1 - vernacular.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog` log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /kok̚² lok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: kak-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaklok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kak-lo̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kakloih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ loʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ loʔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gag⁴ loh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak lo̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²⁻⁴ loʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-loq
    • MiniDict: koh^入 loh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-loq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ loʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewk lak

Rime
Character	角	落
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古岳切	盧各切
Baxter	kaewk	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwk̚/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/kɔk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/kɔk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gok3	lok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[k]ˤrok  kə.rˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːɡ  ɡ·raːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	角	落
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎo	luò
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwk ›	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[k]ˁrok/	/*kə.rˁak/
English	horn, corner	fall (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	角	落
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	6372	3880
Phonetic component	角	各
Rime group	屋	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	覺	落
Old Chinese	/*kroːɡ/	/*ɡ·raːɡ/

Noun

角落

1. (literally) corner (formed by two walls); nook
2. (figuratively) remote area; area away from the centre; corner

Synonyms

• (corner formed by two walls):

• 圪撈撈／圪捞捞 (geh⁵ lau¹ lau^1-3) (Jin)
• 壁角 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 把角 (bǎjiǎo) (colloquial)
• 拐角 (guǎijiǎo) (colloquial)
• 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 牆角／墙角 (qiángjiǎo)
• 犄角 (colloquial)
• 角勢／角势 (Hokkien)
• 角落頭／角落头 (gok³ lok^6-1 tau^4-2) (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)
• 角頭／角头 (Hokkien)