錄 (luk6 | lu4) : record; write down; hire; register

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錄

luk6

lu4

[1] [v] record; write down; transcribe
[2] [v] hire; employ; choose
[2] [n] record; register; collection

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 1

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

錄 / 录

This word has been viewed 7851 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th May 2015 10:39

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破紀錄 po3 gei2 luk6 po4 ji4 lu4 = to break a record; record-breaking

錄音 luk6 jam1 lu4 yin1 = sound-recording; to tape-record

錄影 luk6 jing2 lu4 ying3 = to videotape; video-recording 粵

數碼攝錄機 sou3 maa5 sip3 luk6 gei1 shu4 ma3 she4 lu4 ji1 = digital video camera

錄影機 luk6 jing2 gei1 = video cassette recorder; VCR 粵

錄像機 luk6 zoeng6 gei1 lu4 xiang4 ji1 = video cassette recorder; V.C.R. 國

錄影帶 luk6 jing2 daai3*2 = video cassette 粵

錄像磁帶 luk6 zoeng6 ci4 daai3*2 lu4 xiang4 ci2 dai4 = video cassette 國

錄音帶 luk6 jam1 daai3*2 lu4 yin1 dai4 = cassette tape; audio tape

錄音機 luk6 jam1 gei1 lu4 yin1 ji1 = tape recorder; audio cassette recorder
See all 47 compounds (CantoDict reports 54 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 錄
Unicode code for this character: U+9304 (off-site link)

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