慮

See also: 虑

慮 U+616E, 慮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-616E ← 慭 [U+616D] CJK Unified Ideographs 慯 → [U+616F]

Translingual

Han character

慮 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜心田心 (YPWP), four-corner 2123₆, composition ⿸虍思)

Derived characters

• 儢, 攄, 濾, 櫖, 爈, 鑢, 勴, 藘

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡃖, 𭐁, 𡣭, 𡾅, 𢣿, 𱡆, 𦢛, 𥌠, 𥖼, 𥜜, 𥽜, 𧓻, 𧭜, 𧾧, 𣀞, 𪇸, 𥶌, 𤻱, 𠣊

Descendants

• 虑 (and its derived characters)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11132
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2342, character 2
• Unihan data for U+616E

Chinese

trad.		慮
simp.		虑*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ras): semantic 思 (“to think”) + phonetic 虍 (OC *qʰaː). It expresses the idea of thinking deeply or pondering.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜ (lü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): li

  (Hailu, HRS): li^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): lê̤ṳ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ly⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lū / līr / lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): le⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyù
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴
    • Yale: lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuh
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶
    • Yale: leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /li³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øy²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ly⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ly⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
    • Tâi-lô: lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līr
    • Tâi-lô: līr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: le⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɯ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶liu
    • MiniDict: liu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljoH

Rime
Character	慮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良倨切
Baxter	ljoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/liɔH/
Wang Li	/lĭoH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ras/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	慮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljoH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]a-s/
English	think, consider
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	慮
Reading #	1/1
No.	5241
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	慮
Old Chinese	/*ras/

Definitions

慮

1. be concerned, worry about

Compounds

• 一致百慮 / 一致百虑
• 不足慮 / 不足虑
• 不足為慮 / 不足为虑 (bùzúwéilǜ)
• 人無遠慮，必有近憂 / 人无远虑，必有近忧 (rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu)
• 伯慮國 / 伯虑国
• 俗慮 / 俗虑
• 凝慮 / 凝虑
• 分離焦慮 / 分离焦虑
• 千愁萬慮 / 千愁万虑
• 千慮一失 / 千虑一失 (qiānlǜyīshī)
• 千慮一得 / 千虑一得 (qiānlǜyīdé)
• 可慮 / 可虑
• 困心衡慮 / 困心衡虑
• 堪慮 / 堪虑
• 多慮 / 多虑 (duōlǜ)
• 居安慮危 / 居安虑危
• 後慮 / 后虑
• 後顧之慮 / 后顾之虑
• 心煩慮亂 / 心烦虑乱
• 念慮 / 念虑
• 思慮 / 思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 恐慮 / 恐虑 (kǒnglǜ)
• 慮事 / 虑事
• 慮周行果 / 虑周行果
• 慮患 / 虑患
• 憂慮 / 忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 慮無不周 / 虑无不周
• 慮猜 / 虑猜
• 憔慮 / 憔虑
• 挂慮
• 掛慮 / 挂虑 (guàlǜ)
• 智慮 / 智虑
• 朝不慮夕 / 朝不虑夕 (zhāobùlǜxī)
• 機謀遠慮 / 机谋远虑
• 殫心竭慮 / 殚心竭虑
• 殫思極慮 / 殚思极虑
• 殫精極慮 / 殚精极虑
• 殫精竭慮 / 殚精竭虑 (dānjīngjiélǜ)
• 殫誠畢慮 / 殚诚毕虑
• 洗心滌慮 / 洗心涤虑
• 深圖遠慮 / 深图远虑
• 淵思寂慮 / 渊思寂虑
• 深思極慮 / 深思极虑
• 深思熟慮 / 深思熟虑 (shēnsīshúlǜ)
• 深思遠慮 / 深思远虑
• 深計遠慮 / 深计远虑
• 深謀遠慮 / 深谋远虑 (shēnmóuyuǎnlǜ)
• 深識遠慮 / 深识远虑
• 澄思寂慮 / 澄思寂虑
• 無思無慮 / 无思无虑
• 無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ)
• 焦慮 / 焦虑 (jiāolǜ)
• 無慮無思 / 无虑无思
• 無憂無慮 / 无忧无虑 (wúyōuwúlǜ)
• 無慮無憂 / 无虑无忧 (wúlǜwúyōu)
• 煩慮 / 烦虑
• 熟慮 / 熟虑 (shúlǜ)
• 疑慮 / 疑虑 (yílǜ)
• 百慮 / 百虑
• 百慮一致 / 百虑一致
• 盛必慮衰 / 盛必虑衰
• 研精靜慮 / 研精静虑
• 積慮 / 积虑
• 考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦心焦慮 / 苦心焦虑
• 苦心積慮 / 苦心积虑
• 處心積慮 / 处心积虑 (chǔxīnjīlǜ)
• 計慮 / 计虑
• 計深慮遠 / 计深虑远
• 計窮慮極 / 计穷虑极
• 計行慮義 / 计行虑义
• 謀慮深遠 / 谋虑深远
• 警心滌慮 / 警心涤虑
• 輕慮淺謀 / 轻虑浅谋
• 過慮 / 过虑 (guòlǜ)
• 遠圖長慮 / 远图长虑
• 遠愁近慮 / 远愁近虑
• 遠慮 / 远虑 (yuǎnlǜ)
• 遠慮深思 / 远虑深思
• 遠慮深計 / 远虑深计
• 遷思迴慮 / 迁思回虑
• 防微慮遠 / 防微虑远
• 須慮 / 须虑 (xūlǜ)
• 顧慮 / 顾虑 (gùlǜ)
• 顧慮重重 / 顾虑重重
• 齊心滌慮 / 齐心涤虑
• 齋心滌慮 / 斋心涤虑

Japanese

Kanji

慮

(Jōyō kanji)

1. prudence, deliberation

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo, Jōyō)
• Kun: おもんぱかる (omonpakaru, 慮る)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 遠(えん)慮(りょ) (enryo): reserve, hesitate, restrain
• 考(こう)慮(りょ) (kōryo): consideration
• 憂(ゆう)慮(りょ) (yūryo): anxiety, fear, concern
• 配(はい)慮(りょ) (hairyo): concern, consideration

Etymology

Kanji in this term
慮
おもんぱか(り) Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 慮 – see the following entry.

【おもんぱかり】 [noun] consideration [verb] stem or continuative form of おもんぱかる (omonpakaru) [godan] Alternative spelling 慮り

(This term, 慮, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

慮 (eumhun 생각할 려 (saenggakhal ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 생각할 여 (saenggakhal yeo))

1. hanja form^? of 려/여 (“be concerned, worry about”)

Vietnamese

Han character

慮: Hán Nôm readings: lự, lo, lợ

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