叻

See also: 加 and 另
叻 U+53FB, 叻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53FB
← 叺
[U+53FA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 叼 →
[U+53FC]

Translingual

Han character

叻 (radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口大尸 (RKS) or X口大尸 (XRKS), four-corner 64027, composition ⿰口力)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 174, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3269
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 575, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+53FB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial”) + phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ).

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 叻
variant forms
 
嚦／呖
㔹 rare
頔 rare
犖／荦 rare
𥌮 rare
𢤩 rare

Uncertain. Various theories exist:

  • From 㔹 (MC lək̚, “having the talent and power of ten people”).
  • From 頔 (MC dek̚, “good”).
  • From 犖 (MC lˠʌk̚), as in 犖犖 (MC lˠʌk̚ lˠʌk̚, “clear; evident”), 卓犖 (MC ʈˠʌk̚ lˠʌk̚, “outstanding; extraordinary”).
  • From 𥌮 (MC lek̚), as in 𥌮𥉶 (MC lek̚ luk̚, “to see clearly”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

叻

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) smart; clever; capable; good (at something)
    佢好叻㗎。 [Cantonese]  ―  Keoi5 hou2 lek1 gaa3. [Jyutping]  ―  He/she is really smart.
    佢唱歌好叻㗎。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    Keoi5 coeng3 go1 hou2 lek1 gaa3. [Jyutping]
    He/she is good at singing.
  2. (Teochew) good
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Mandarin Beijing 聰明
Taiwan 聰明
Jinan 聰明
Xi'an 靈, 靈醒
Wuhan 聰明
Chengdu 精靈, 聰明
Yangzhou 聰明
Hefei 聰明
Cantonese Guangzhou 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻
Hong Kong 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻
Yangjiang 伶俐, 叻
Gan Nanchang 精靈, 聰明
Hakka Meixian 聰明, 機靈
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聰明
Liudui (S. Sixian) 聰明
Hsinchu (Hailu) 聰明
Dongshi (Dabu) 聰明, 精
Hsinchu (Raoping) 聰明, 精
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 聰明
Jin Taiyuan 機靈, 聰明
Min Bei Jian'ou 聰明
Min Dong Fuzhou 聰明
Min Nan Xiamen 聰明
Quanzhou 聰明, 骨鳥 derogatory
Zhangzhou 聰明
Taipei 聰明, 巧, 明白
Chaozhou 聰明
Wu Suzhou 聰明
Wenzhou 靈, 聰明
Xiang Changsha 靈泛, 聰明
Shuangfeng 聰明

Compounds

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 叻

Pronunciation

Definitions

叻

  1. Short for 石叻 (Shílè, “Singapore”).

Compounds
  • 叻幣／叻币

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 叻

Pronunciation

Definitions

叻

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds
  • 叻㗎

Japanese

Kanji
叻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): ろく (roku), りょく (ryoku)

Vietnamese

Han character

叻 (sựt)

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