甪

甪 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+1, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月手 (HBQ), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿱丿用)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 756, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 6
• Unihan data for U+752A

Original glyph is 角 (Zihui).

甪

1. Used in place names.

   甪直  ―  Lùzhí  ―  Luzhi, Jiangsu

   甪堰  ―  Lùyàn  ―  Luyan, Zhejiang

2. a surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to Cantonese 甩 (lat1) and Hakka 㪐 (lut)?”)

甪

1. (Southern Min) to come loose; to come off

   頭毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   头毛甪了了。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Thâu-mn̂g lut liáu-liáu. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Hair (on my head) is coming off.

2. (Hokkien) to rub back and forth (to make something fall off)

   甪予伊金 [Hokkien]  ―  lut hō͘ i kim [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to rub back and forth to make it shine

3. (Hokkien) to demote (to a lower rank)

   甪職／甪职 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-chit [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to demote to a lower rank

4. (Hokkien) to defraud; to swindle

   甪仔 [Hokkien]  ―  lut-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  swindler

5. (Hokkien, of prices, etc.) to drop; to decrease

   價錢甪𣍐落來。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   价钱甪𫧃落来。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Kè-chîⁿ lut bōe lo̍h-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The price can't be brought down.

6. (Mainland China Hokkien) to scald (chicken and duck) in boiling water to pluck its feathers or skin

   雞毛甪無清氣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   鸡毛甪无清气。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Koe-bô lut bô chheng-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The chicken hair was not plucked cleanly.

7. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pluck (feathers)

   甪雞／甪鸡 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  lut ke [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to pluck a chicken

• (to come off): 脫落／脱落 (tuōluò), 掉落 (diàoluò); (Hokkien) 黜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)
• Kun: つの (tsuno)