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 ⿱⿻⿻口一中女)

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 () (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
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lieo²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liô / lô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): lu⁵ / lou⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶leu

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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lieo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieu²⁴/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lu⁵ / lou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lû / lôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/, /lou⁵⁵/

Note:

lu5 - literary;
lou5 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶leu
  - MiniDict: leu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³leu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɤ²³/

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/
Bernhard 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
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roː/

Definitions

婁

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

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/

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/
Bernhard 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
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慺
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ro/

Definitions

婁

(obsolete) to drag; to trail; to pull

Compounds

曳婁 / 曳娄

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

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

(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

(Hyōgai kanji)

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))

a constellation
to wear

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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