陋

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陋 U+964B, 陋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-964B
← 陊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 陌 →
陋 U+F951, 陋
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F951
← 縷
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勒 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 陋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

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
Baxter luwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ləuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ləuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ləuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ləwH/
Li
Rong 		/luH/
Wang
Li 		/ləuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 陋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lòu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ luwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁo-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. * 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

  1. plain; ugly
  2. vulgar; coarse; unrefined
  3. humble; mean
  4. (of knowledge) limited; shallow

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

陋

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. small
  2. narrow
  3. ugly
  4. ignoble, mean

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ろう (rō)
  • Kun: せまい (semai)、いやしい (iyashī)、みにくい (minikui)

Compounds

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: Hán Việt readings: lậu[1][2][3][4]
陋: Nôm readings: lậu[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of lậu (“ugly”).
  2. chữ Hán form of lậu (“narrow”).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Trần (1999).
  3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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