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陋

陋

Translingual

Han character

陋 (radical 170 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一月女 (NLMBV), four-corner 71212, composition ⿰阝⿺𠃊丙)

  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.
 陋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陋
Large seal script Small seal script

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 陋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧候切
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 陋
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 陋
Reading # 1/1
No. 8513
Phonetic
component		 陋
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 陋
Old
Chinese		 /*roːs/

Definitions

陋

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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

陋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 陋屋 (ろうおく)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

陋 (lậu)

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