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褸

褸

See also: 褛

Translingual

Han character

褸 (radical 145 衣+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中中中女 (LLLV), four-corner 3524₄, composition ⿰衤婁)

lapel, collar
tattered, threadbare

References

KangXi: page 1123, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34530

Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 31

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3112, character 1

Unihan data for U+8938

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		褸
simp.		褛

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵, lau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
  - Wade-Giles: lü³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
  - IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵, lau⁵
  - Yale: léuih, láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵, lau⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ləu/, /lɨo^X/▼

Rime
Character	褸	褸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	落侯切	力主切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu/	/lɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu/	/lio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu/	/lio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw/	/luə̆^X/
Li Rong	/lu/	/lio^X/
Wang Li	/ləu/	/lĭu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/lə̯u/	/li̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu	lǚ

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*roʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褸	褸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8470	8497
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	縷
Old Chinese	/*roː/	/*roʔ/

Definitions

褸

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Compounds

晨褸／晨褛
篳路襤褸／筚路褴褛
衣衫藍褸／衣衫蓝褛

衣衫襤褸／衣衫褴褛
褸裂／褛裂

褸襤簞瓢／褛褴箪瓢
襤褸／褴褛 (lánlǚ)

Etymology 2

trad.		褸
simp.		褛
alt. forms		摟／搂

From 摟／搂 (lau1, “to drape”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lau¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau¹
  - Yale: lāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

褸

(Cantonese) coat

Compounds

中褸／中褛
乾濕褸／干湿褛
大褸／大褛
太空褸／太空褛
棉褸／棉褛

毛巾褸／毛巾褛
皮褸／皮褛
短褸／短褛
絨褸／绒褛
著褸／著褛

褸席／褛席
褸裙／褛裙
雨褸／雨褛
雪褸／雪褛
風褸／风褛

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

褸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ろう (rō), る (ru)

Kun: ぼろ (boro), つづる (tsuzuru)

Korean

Hanja

褸 • ‎(ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune-Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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