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Translingual

Han character

(radical 170 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一月女 (NLMBV), four-corner 71212, composition𠃊)

  1. narrow
  2. crude, coarse
  3. ugly

References

  • KangXi: page 1349, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41616
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1851, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4125, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+964B

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ləuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ləuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləwH/
Li
Rong
/luH/
Wang
Li
/ləuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lòu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ luwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˤo-s/
English narrow; base (adj.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8513
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roːs/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 側陋侧陋
  • 僻陋
  • 卑陋
  • 卑陋齷齪卑陋龌龊
  • 因陋就簡因陋就简
  • 固陋
  • 孤陋
  • 孤陋寡聞孤陋寡闻 (gūlòuguǎwén)
  • 寒微簡陋寒微简陋
  • 寡陋
  • 寢陋寝陋
  • 弇陋
  • 愚陋
  • 搜揚仄陋搜扬仄陋
  • 搜揚側陋搜扬侧陋
  • 明揚仄陋明扬仄陋
  • 朴陋
  • 樸陋朴陋
  • 淺陋浅陋
  • 獨學孤陋独学孤陋
  • 簞瓢陋巷箪瓢陋巷
  • 簡陋简陋 (jiǎnlòu)
  • 粗陋
  • 至愚極陋至愚极陋
  • 薄陋
  • 蠢陋
  • 褊陋
  • 謏聞之陋謏闻之陋
  • 譾陋谫陋
  • 鄙陋
  • 醜陋丑陋 (chǒulòu)
  • 陋俗
  • 陋儒
  • 陋劣
  • 陋室
  • 陋室銘陋室铭
  • 陋巷
  • 陋巷簞瓢陋巷箪瓢
  • 陋淫
  • 陋習陋习
  • 陋見陋见
  • 陋規陋规
  • 陳規陋習陈规陋习
  • 麼陋么陋

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 陋屋 (ろうおく)

Korean

Hanja

(ru>nu) (hangeul >, revised ru>nu, McCune-Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lậu)

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