Taxonomy of meanings for 錄:
- 錄 lù (OC: roɡ MC: liok) 力玉切 入 廣韻：【采録説文曰金色也又録事職官要録云緫録衆事力玉切十七 】
- 錄 lù (OC: b·rooɡ MC: luk) 盧谷切 入 廣韻：【本也亦刻木也 】
Additional information about 錄
說文解字:
- Criteria
- WRITE
1. The standard current word for writing something down or noting it down is shū 書, and this word can never refer to an act of literary creation.
2. Zhù 著 and zhuàn 撰 are late words referring to the act of writing of a text.
3. Xiě 寫 refers to copying and transcribing rather than writing as such.
4. Lù 錄, zhì 志, and jì 記 refer to the act of recording, formally or informally.
5. Biān 編, lí 離, and zhǔ 屬 refer to the compilation of texts.
- CONVERSATION
[[[ 語 in 論語 is the relevant term. 世說新語 is a most relevant record.
But 語錄 are predominantly records of sayings rather than dialogues.
Records of inconsequential small-talk must be distinguished. They are certainly prominent in Ming literature, but not so much in evidence before. They are richly represented in Plato's dialogues.
Cf. sermo convivialis]]]
- RECORD
1. The most current general word for noting something down so as to prevent it from being forgotten is jì 記.
2. Zhì 志 as well as the late and rare lù 錄 refer to making a record of something for the inspiration of others.
3. Zǎi 載 is a rare word and refers to making a due formal, sometimes even ritual record of something in the proper literary place.
4. Jǔ 舉 refers to not omitting something from the record and bringing it up there as one should.
5. Jì 紀 is sometimes used interchangeably with jì 記, but the specific force of jì 紀 is to focus not just on recording but on the compilation and redaction of a comprehensive record.