婁

See also 娄

Translingual

Alternative forms

𡞔

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 母 (“mother”) + 中 + 女 (“daughter”)

Han character

婁 (radical 38 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中中女 (LLV), four-corner 5040₄)

1. used as a surname
2. a constellation
3. to wear

References

• KangXi: page 263, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6383
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1058, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5A41

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Cantonese

Hanzi

婁 (simplified 娄, jyutping lau4, Yale lau4)

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Japanese

Kanji

婁

Readings

• On: ろう (rō), る (ru), るい (rui)
• Kun: むなしい (munashii), あらい (arai), おさめる (osameru)

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Korean

Hanja

婁 (hangeul 루, revised ru, McCune-Reischauer ru, Yale lwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

婁 (simplified 娄, pinyin lóu (lou2), Wade-Giles lou²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

婁 (lâu, sau, lu, lủ, lũ)