慺

Translingual

Han character

慺 (radical 61 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心中中女 (PLLV), four-corner 9504₄, composition ⿰忄婁)

1. diligent, industrious, sedulous
2. to encourage
3. to make efforts
4. a surname

References

• KangXi: page 401, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11154
• Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2345, character 16
• Unihan data for U+617A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		慺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu, lǚ (lou², lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ, ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lou²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: lü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (慺, reconstructed)
Character (慺), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 力朱切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɨo/	/li̯u/	/lio/	/lio/	/luə̆/	/lĭu/	/lio/
Character (慺), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 落侯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ləu/	/lə̯u/	/lu/	/ləu/	/ləw/	/ləu/	/ləu/
Character (慺), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 力主切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɨoX/	/li̯uX/	/lioX/	/lioX/	/luə̆X/	/lĭuX/	/lioX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (慺, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
慺					8468					婁					侯					0					樓					/*roː/
慺					8487					婁					侯					0					慺					/*ro/
慺					8503					婁					侯					0					縷					/*roʔ/

Usage notes

The lóu (lou2) reading is for the "diligent, industrious, sedulous, to encourage, to make efforts" definitions while the lǚ (lü3) reading is for the "surname" definition.

References

• zdic.net (Han Dian)

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Korean

Hanja

慺 (ru, nu) (hangeul 루, 누, revised ru, nu, McCune-Reischauer ru, nu, Yale lwu, nwu)

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