屢

See also: 屡

屢 U+5C62, 屢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C62 ← 屡 [U+5C61] CJK Unified Ideographs 屣 → [U+5C63]

屢 U+F94B, 屢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F94B ← 壘 [U+F94A] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 樓 → [U+F94C]

Translingual

Han character

屢 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸中中女 (SLLV), four-corner 7724₄, composition ⿸尸婁)

Derived characters

• 𡀿, 𨊖, 𣰢, 𡳰, 𧀓

Additional Derived Characters

• 𱡃, 𱤫, 𫄎, 𱿈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 303, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7787
• Dae Jaweon: page 601, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 979, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5C62

• Unihan data for U+F94B

Chinese

trad.		屢
simp.		屡
alternative forms		婁／娄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
樓	*ɡ·roː
摟	*roː, *ro
耬	*roː
僂	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁	*ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻	*roː
髏	*roː
蔞	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻	*roː
艛	*ɡ·roː
膢	*roː, *ro
廔	*roː
嘍	*roː, *roːʔ
瞜	*roː, *ro
簍	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺	*roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜	*roː, *ro
褸	*roː, *roʔ
遱	*roː
謱	*roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁	*roːʔ, *roʔ
甊	*roːʔ
塿	*roːʔ
漊	*roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤	*roːs, *ro
瘻	*roːs, *ro
擻	*sloːʔ
藪	*sloːʔ
籔	*sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀	*ro
縷	*roʔ
屢	*ros
數	*sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨	*klos
窶	*ɡloʔ
貗	*ɡloʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ros): semantic 尸 + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nui³ / nou³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leoi⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): li³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lí

  (Hailu, HRS): li^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lui¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): ly²
• Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
• Eastern Min (BUC): lṳ̄
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ly³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú / lí / lír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lü³
    • Yale: lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nui³ / nou³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lui / lou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nuei⁵³/, /nəu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: li³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lí
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li³
    • Sinological IPA: /li³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /luɪ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ly²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ly⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃y³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ly³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ly³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
    • Tâi-lô: lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luo
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang): /li⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
    • Tâi-lô: lír
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• lú/lí - literary;
• lír - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lu²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶liu
    • MiniDict: liu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le̞i̯⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 屢
Mandarin	Beijing	/ly²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ly²¹³/
	Tianjin	/luei¹³/ /ly¹³/
	Jinan	/ly⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ly⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ly⁵³/
	Xi'an	/luei⁵³/
	Xining	/l̩ʷ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ly⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ly¹³/
	Ürümqi	/luei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ny⁴²/
	Chengdu	/nuei⁵³/ /nəu⁵³/
	Guiyang	/luei⁴²/ 老 /li⁴²/ 新
	Kunming	/luei⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ly²¹²/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ly⁵³/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ly⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ly²³/
	Suzhou	/li³¹/
	Hangzhou	/lei⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/løy³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ly³⁵/
	Tunxi	/li³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/lei⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/nəi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/li²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/lui⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/lui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/løy²³/
	Nanning	/lui²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/løy¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lu²²/ /lu⁵³/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ly³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ly²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/lu⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lɔu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuH

Rime
Character	屢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良遇切
Baxter	ljuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/lioH/
Shao Rongfen	/lioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆H/
Li Rong	/lioH/
Wang Li	/lĭuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]o(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ros/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	屢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]o(ʔ)-s/
English	frequently
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	屢
Reading #	1/1
No.	8505
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	屢
Old Chinese	/*ros/

Definitions

屢

1. repeatedly; frequently

Compounds

• 屢仆屢起 / 屡仆屡起
• 屢出新招 / 屡出新招
• 屢屢 / 屡屡 (lǚlǚ)
• 屢年 / 屡年
• 屢戰屢勝 / 屡战屡胜 (lǚzhànlǚshèng)
• 屢戰屢敗 / 屡战屡败 (lǚzhànlǚbài)
• 屢教不改 / 屡教不改 (lǚjiàobùgǎi)
• 屢敗屢戰 / 屡败屡战 (lǚbàilǚzhàn)
• 屢次 / 屡次 (lǚcì)
• 屢次三番 / 屡次三番
• 屢盟 / 屡盟
• 屢空 / 屡空
• 屢見不鮮 / 屡见不鲜 (lǚjiànbùxiān)
• 屢試不爽 / 屡试不爽 (lǚshìbùshuǎng)
• 簞瓢屢空 / 箪瓢屡空

References

• “屢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #11398”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “屡”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 147.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	屡
Print standard	屢

Kanji

屢

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 屡)

1. frequently
2. often
3. again & again

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: る (ru)
• Kun: しばしば (shibashiba, 屢)、しましま (shimashima, 屢)

References

• “^▲屢”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

屢 (eumhun 창 루 (chang ru), word-initial (South Korea) 창 누 (chang nu))

1. hanja form^? of 루/누 (“often, frequently, again and again”)
2. hanja form^? of 루/누 (“many”)

Vietnamese

Han character

屢: Hán Nôm readings: lũ, cũ, lú, rũ, luã, rủ

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