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僂

僂

僂 U+50C2, 僂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C2
← 僁
[U+50C1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僃 →
[U+50C3]
See also: 偻

Translingual

Han character

僂 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人中中女 (OLLV), four-corner 25244, composition ⿰亻婁)

  1. humpback
  2. surname

References

  • KangXi: page 115, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1045
  • Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 210, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+50C2

Chinese

trad. 僂
simp. 偻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僂
Large seal script

L14501
Small seal script

s05885
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
樓 *ɡ·roː
摟 *roː, *ro
耬 *roː
僂 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻 *roː
髏 *roː
蔞 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻 *roː
艛 *ɡ·roː
膢 *roː, *ro
廔 *roː
嘍 *roː, *roːʔ
瞜 *roː, *ro
簍 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜 *roː, *ro
褸 *roː, *roʔ
遱 *roː
謱 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁 *roːʔ, *roʔ
甊 *roːʔ
塿 *roːʔ
漊 *roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤 *roːs, *ro
瘻 *roːs, *ro
擻 *sloːʔ
藪 *sloːʔ
籔 *sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀 *ro
縷 *roʔ
屢 *ros
數 *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨 *klos
窶 *ɡloʔ
貗 *ɡloʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 僂 僂 僂
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 虞 (24) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open
Division (等) I III I
Fanqie 落侯切 力主切 盧候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ləu/ /lɨoX/ /ləuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ləu/ /lioX/ /ləuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ləu/ /lioX/ /ləuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ləw/ /luə̆X/ /ləwH/
Li
Rong		 /lu/ /lioX/ /luH/
Wang
Li		 /ləu/ /lĭuX/ /ləuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lə̯u/ /li̯uX/ /lə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lóu lǚ lòu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 僂 僂 僂
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 8456 8482 8499
Phonetic
component		 婁 婁 婁
Rime
group		 侯 侯 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 樓 陋 縷
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·roː/ /*ɡ·roːs/ /*ɡ·roʔ/

Definitions

僂

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Compounds

  • 僂人／偻人
  • 僂儸／偻儸
  • 僂指／偻指
  • 僂行／偻行
  • 垂白上僂／垂白上偻
  • 痀僂／痀偻
  • 踽僂／踽偻

References

Japanese

Kanji

僂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

僂 • ‎(ru) (hangeul 루, revised ru, McCune-Reischauer ru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

僂 (lũ)

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