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U+8938, 褸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8938

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 145, +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中中中女 (LLLV), four-corner 35244, composition )

  1. lapel, collar
  2. tattered, threadbare

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1123, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34530
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3112, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8938

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roː, *roʔ): semantic (clothes) + phonetic (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (137) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter luw ljuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ləu/ /lɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləu/ /lioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ləu/ /lioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləw/ /luə̆X/
Li
Rong
/lu/ /lioX/
Wang
Li
/ləu/ /lĭuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lə̯u/ /li̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lau4 leoi5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8470 8497
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*roː/ /*roʔ/

Definitions

  1. Used in 襤褸褴褛 (lánlǚ).
Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.
alternative forms
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • (Cantonese)

From (lau1, “to drape”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) coat

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. rag
  2. collar, neck

Readings

  • Go-on: (ru) (ru, historical)
  • Kan-on: (ru) (ru, historical)ろう ()ろう (rou, historical)
  • Kun: ぼろ (boro, )つづる (tsuzuru)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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