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慺
慺
Translingual
Han character
慺 (radical 61 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心中中女 (PLLV), four-corner 95044, composition ⿰忄婁)
References
- KangXi: page 401, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11154
- Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2345, character 16
- Unihan data for U+617A
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
慺 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: lou2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
- IPA (key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
- Wade-Giles: lü3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
- IPA (key): /ly²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lau4
- Yale: làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4
- IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 慺 | 慺 | 慺 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 侯 (137) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | III |
| Fanqie | 力朱切 | 落侯切 | 力主切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨo/ | /ləu/ | /lɨoX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/lio/ | /ləu/ | /lioX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/lio/ | /ləu/ | /lioX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/luə̆/ | /ləw/ | /luə̆X/ |
| Li Rong |
/lio/ | /lu/ | /lioX/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭu/ | /ləu/ | /lĭuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯u/ | /lə̯u/ | /li̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lǘ | lóu | lǚ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 慺 | 慺 | 慺 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 8468 | 8487 | 8503 |
| Phonetic component |
婁 | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group |
侯 | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
樓 | 慺 | 縷 |
| Old Chinese |
/*roː/ | /*ro/ | /*roʔ/ |
Usage notes
The lóu (lou2) reading is for the "diligent, industrious, sedulous, to encourage, to make efforts" definitions while the lǚ (lü3) reading is for the "surname" definition.