僂
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See also: 偻
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Translingual
Han character
僂 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人中中女 (OLLV), four-corner 25244, composition ⿰亻婁)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1045
- Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 210, character 18
- Unihan data for U+50C2
Chinese
| trad. | 僂 | |
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| simp. | 偻 | |
| nonstandard simp. | 𠎪 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 僂 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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 s05885 Transcribed ancient scripts  L14501 | |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
- Wade–Giles: lü3
- Yale: lyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
- Palladius: люй (ljuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ly²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
- Wade–Giles: lou2
- Yale: lóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
- Palladius: лоу (lou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: leoi5 / lau4
- Yale: léuih / làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey5 / lau4
- Guangdong Romanization: lêu5 / leo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: luw, luwH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː/, /*ɡ·roːs/
Definitions
僂
- hunchbacked; crooked
- (literary) to bend (one's body)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
- Wade–Giles: lü3
- Yale: lyǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
- Palladius: люй (ljuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ly²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: ljuX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roʔ/
Definitions
僂
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liǒu
- Wade–Giles: liu3
- Yale: lyǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leou
- Palladius: лю (lju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
僂
References
- “僂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
僂
Readings
Korean
Hanja
僂 (eum 루 (ru))
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Vietnamese
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