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Korean
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | ru |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | lu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ru |
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| Yale Romanization? | lwu |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 壘
Noun
루 • (ru) (hanja 壘)
- rampart, military wall
- baseball base
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
루 • (ru)
- 屢:
- (MC reading: 屢 (MC ljuH))
- 樓:
- (MC reading: 樓 (MC luw))
- 累:
- (MC reading: 累 (MC ljweX|ljweH))
- 淚:
- (MC reading: 淚 (MC lwijH))
- 漏:
- (MC reading: 漏 (MC luwH))
- 壘:
- (MC reading: 壘 (MC lwijX))
- 婁:
- (MC reading: 婁 (MC lju|luw))
- 瘻:
- (MC reading: 瘻 (MC lju|luwH))
- 縷:
- (MC reading: 縷 (MC ljuX))
- 蔞:
- (MC reading: 蔞 (MC lju|luw|ljuX))
- 褸:
- (MC reading: 褸 (MC luw|ljuX))
- 鏤:
- (MC reading: 鏤 (MC lju|luwH))
- 陋:
- (MC reading: 陋 (MC luwH))
- 慺:
- (MC reading: 慺 (MC lju|luw|ljuX))
- 嶁:
- (MC reading: 嶁 (MC ljuX|luwX))
- 耬:
- (MC reading: 耬 (MC luw))
- 熡:
- (MC reading: 熡)
- 僂:
- (MC reading: 僂 (MC luw|ljuX|luwH))
- 嘍:
- (MC reading: 嘍 (MC luw|luwX))
- 螻:
- (MC reading: 螻 (MC luw))
- 髏:
- (MC reading: 髏 (MC luw))
Usage notes
In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 노 (no) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 루 (ru) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).
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