摟

摟 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手中中女 (QLLV), four-corner 5504₄, composition ⿰扌婁)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12595
• Dae Jaweon: page 800, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 2
• Unihan data for U+645F

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roː, *ro) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

摟

1. to hug; to embrace

   • 忘不了把你摟在懷裡的感覺　比藏在心中那份火熱更暖一些 [MSC, trad.]
     忘不了把你搂在怀里的感觉　比藏在心中那份火热更暖一些 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004, 刀郎, 《2002年的第一場雪》

     wàng bù liǎo bǎ nǐ lǒu zài huáilǐ de gǎnjué, bǐ cáng zài xīnzhōng nà fèn huǒrè gèng nuǎn yīxiē

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. armspan

摟

1. to gather up
2. (colloquial) to pull up; to tuck up
3. to extort; to rake in
4. (regional) to calculate with an abacus
   1. (regional, figurative) to verify through calculation; to examine and calculate; to assess
5. (dialectal) to pull; to draw
6. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) to drape; to cover
7. (Cantonese, of insects) to crawl or hover over

   啲嘢畀烏蠅摟過就唔好食啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   啲嘢畀乌蝇搂过就唔好食啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   di¹ je⁵ bei² wu¹ jing^4-1 lau¹ gwo³ zau⁶ m⁴ hou² sik⁶ laa¹.

   Don't eat the food if it's hovered by flies.

• (to gather up):

• (to extort):

• (to verify through calculation):

摟

1. ^† to pull in; to rope in; to gather

摟

1. (Cantonese, transitive) to instigate; to invite; to tempt
2. (Cantonese, transitive) to provoke

   摟打／搂打 [Cantonese]  ―  lau¹ daa²   ―  to invite to be beaten up

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hug, embrace
2. drag, pull

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō); る (ru)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

摟: Hán Nôm readings: lùa, lâu

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