櫓

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See also: 橹
櫓 U+6AD3, 櫓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AD3
← 櫒
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 櫔 →
櫓 U+F931, 櫓
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F931
← 擄
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 爐 →

Translingual

Han character

櫓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木弓田日 (DNWA), four-corner 47963, composition ⿰木魯)

  1. scull, sweep, oar
  2. to row
  3. lookout turret on a city wall, movable wooden tower for archers

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 560, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15798
  • Dae Jaweon: page 949, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1315, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6AD3

Chinese

trad. 櫓
simp. 橹
alternative forms 樐
艪
艣／𫇛
㯭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (魯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
魯 *raːʔ
櫓 *raːʔ
穭 *raʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 櫓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 郎古切
Baxter luX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/loX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɔX/
Li
Rong 		/loX/
Wang
Li 		/luX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/luoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 櫓
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ luX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁaʔ/
English shield (n.)

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 櫓
Reading # 1/1
No. 8526
Phonetic
component 		魯
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		魯
Old
Chinese 		/*raːʔ/

Definitions

櫓

  1. scull
  2. large shield

Compounds

Japanese

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Kanji

櫓

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

Compound of 矢 (ya, “arrow”) and 倉 (kura, “storehouse”). See also Japanese 矢倉 (yagura).

Noun

櫓(やぐら) • (yagura) 

  1. watchtower, turret

Korean

Hanja

櫓 (eumhun 방패 로 (bangpae ro), word-initial (South Korea) 방패 노 (bangpae no))

  1. Hanja form? of 로 (“(North Korea) oar”).
  2. Hanja form? of 노 (“(South Korea) oar”).

Vietnamese

Han character

櫓: Hán Nôm readings: lỗ

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