婁

See also: 娄

婁 U+5A41, 婁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A41 ← 婀 [U+5A40] CJK Unified Ideographs 婂 → [U+5A42]

Translingual

Han character

婁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中中女 (LLV) or 中田中女 (LWLV), four-corner 5040₄, composition ⿳毋中女)

Derived characters

• 僂 (偻) 塿 (𪣻) 㜢 (𡞱) 摟 (搂) 嘍 (喽) 嶁 (嵝) 㡞 漊 (溇) 慺 (㥪) 樓 (楼) 㺏 (𤠋) 膢 (𦝼) 熡 (𤋏) 𤛠 㻲 䄛 瞜 (䁖) 䅹 褸 (褛) 耬 (耧) 螻 (蝼) 艛 縷 (缕) 軁 貗 (𫎌) 謱 (𫍴) 䝏 鏤 (镂) 鞻 髏 (髅) 䮫 䱾
• 䣚 㪹 甊 氀 數 (数) 䫫 鷜 㟺 蔞 (蒌) 寠 (𪧘) 窶 (窭) 簍 (篓) 𩯁 廔 屢 (屡) 瘻 (瘘) 屨 (屦) 遱 (𫐷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6383
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1058, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5A41

Chinese

trad.		婁
simp.		娄
alternative forms		𡞔 𡝨 𡝤 𡡋 𡡼 𡞔 𡝨 𡝤 𡡋 𡡼 𡜰 𡇔 𣫻

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

Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro) : semantic 爪 (“hands”) + phonetic 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ) + semantic 女 (“woman”). Meaning uncertain.

Later ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 母 (“mother”) + 中 + 女 (“daughter”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): lèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liô / lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
    • Wade–Giles: lou²
    • Yale: lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lèu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liô
    • Tâi-lô: liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: luw

Rime
Character	婁
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落侯切
Baxter	luw
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóu
Middle Chinese	‹ lju ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]o/
English	drag, trail (v.)
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	婁
Reading #	1/2
No.	8457
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roː/

Definitions

婁

1. (Chinese astronomy) the constellation Lóu, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
2. (dialectal, of a body) weak; feeble; frail
3. (dialectal, of melons) overripe and unfit to eat
4. a surname

Compounds

• 卷婁／卷娄
• 婁妃／娄妃
• 婁婁／娄娄
• 婁子／娄子 (lóuzi)
• 婁山／娄山
• 婁東派／娄东派
• 婁江／娄江
• 婁羅／娄罗 (lóuluó)
• 孛婁／孛娄
• 捅婁子／捅娄子 (tǒng lóuzi)
• 潑包婁／泼包娄
• 瞴婁／𱲦娄
• 邾婁／邾娄
• 離婁／离娄
• 離婁之明／离娄之明
• 黑婁婁／黑娄娄

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǘ (lü²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyú
    • Wade–Giles: lü²
    • Yale: lyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lju

Rime
Character	婁
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力朱切
Baxter	lju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/
Li Rong	/lio/
Wang Li	/lĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ro/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	婁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóu
Middle Chinese	‹ lju ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]o/
English	drag, trail (v.)
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	婁
Reading #	2/2
No.	8493
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慺
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ro/

Definitions

婁

1. (obsolete) to drag; to trail; to pull

Compounds

• 曳婁／曳娄

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lü³
    • Yale: lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/

Definitions

婁

1. (obsolete) to tether oxen

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 婁 – see 屢 (“repeatedly; frequently”). (This character is a variant form of 屢).

References

• “婁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

婁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. frequently
2. tie

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: つなぐ (tsunagu, 婁ぐ); ひく (hiku, 婁く)

Compounds

• 牟婁(むろ) (Muro)

Korean

Hanja

婁 (eum 루 (ru))

1. a constellation
2. to wear

Vietnamese

Han character

婁: Hán Nôm readings: lâu, sau, lu, lủ, lũ

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