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螻
螻
See also: 蝼
Translingual
Han character
螻 (radical 142 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中田女 (LILWV), four-corner 55144)
References
- KangXi: page 1095, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33515
- Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2885, character 1
- Unihan data for U+87BB
Chinese
| trad. | 螻 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蝼 | |
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)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lau4
- Yale: làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4
- IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 螻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落侯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ləu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ləu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ləu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ləw/ |
| Li Rong |
/lu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ləu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
lóu |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 螻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8458 |
| Phonetic component |
婁 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
樓 |
| Old Chinese |
/*roː/ |
Definitions
螻
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
螻
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Readings
Compounds
- 螻蛄 (おけら, okera and けら, kera)
- 虫螻 (むしけら, mushikera)