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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 ⿳毋中女)
Derived characters
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 樓
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*ɡ·roː
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| 摟
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*roː, *ro
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| 耬
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*roː
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| 僂
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*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
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| 婁
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*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
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| 螻
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*roː
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| 髏
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*roː
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| 蔞
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*roː, *ro, *roʔ
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| 鞻
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*roː
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| 艛
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*ɡ·roː
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| 膢
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*roː, *ro
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| 廔
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*roː
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| 嘍
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*roː, *roːʔ
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| 瞜
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*roː, *ro
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| 簍
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*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
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| 慺
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*roː, *ro, *roʔ
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| 鷜
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*roː, *ro
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| 褸
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*roː, *roʔ
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| 遱
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*roː
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| 謱
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*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
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| 嶁
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*roːʔ, *roʔ
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| 甊
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*roːʔ
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| 塿
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*roːʔ
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| 漊
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*roːʔ, *roʔ
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| 鏤
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*roːs, *ro
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| 瘻
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*roːs, *ro
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| 擻
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*sloːʔ
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| 藪
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*sloːʔ
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| 籔
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*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
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| 氀
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*ro
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| 縷
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*roʔ
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| 屢
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*ros
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| 數
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*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
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| 屨
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*klos
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| 窶
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*ɡloʔ
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| 貗
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*ɡloʔ
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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
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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婁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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lóu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ lju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*o/
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| English
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drag, trail (v.)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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婁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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8457
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Phonetic
component
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婁
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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樓
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡ·roː/
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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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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婁
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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lóu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ lju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*o/
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| English
|
drag, trail (v.)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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婁
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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8493
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Phonetic
component
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婁
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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慺
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡ·ro/
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Definitions
婁
- (obsolete) to drag; to trail; to pull
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
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
Japanese
Kanji
婁
(Hyōgai kanji)
- frequently
- tie
Readings
Compounds
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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