慮

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

See also: 虑

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 濾, 攄, 爈, 勴, 儢, 櫖, 藘, 鑢, 𠣊, 𡃖, 𡣭, 𡾅, 𢣿, 𣀞, 𤻱, 𥌠, 𥖼, 𥜜, 𥶌, 𥽜, 𦢛, 𧓻, 𧭜, 𧾧, 𪇸

Descendants

• 虑 (and its derived characters)

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		慮
simp.		虑
alt. forms		𫻖 (ancient form in Bronze inscription)

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
嘘	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜ (lü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li
• Min Nan (POJ): līr / lū / lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liw
    • IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶
    • Yale: leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • IPA: /li⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līr
    • Tâi-lô: līr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lū
    • Tâi-lô: lū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lu
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨʌ^H/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/liɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/liɔH/
Wang Li	/lĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǜ

• 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

• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 憂慮／忧虑 (yōulǜ)
• 殫精竭慮／殚精竭虑

• 無憂無慮／无忧无虑
• 焦慮／焦虑 (jiāolǜ)
• 疑慮／疑虑 (yílǜ)

• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 遠慮／远虑 (yuǎnlǜ)
• 顧慮／顾虑 (gùlǜ)

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Japanese

Kanji

慮

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. prudence, deliberation

Readings

• Goon: ろ (ro) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: りょ (ryo)
• Kun: おもんぱか (omonpaka)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 遠慮 (えんりょ) (enryo): reserve, hesitate, restrain
• 考慮 (こうりょ) (kōryo): consideration
• 憂慮 (ゆうりょ) (yūryo): anxiety, fear, concern
• 配慮 (はいりょ) (hairyo): concern, consideration

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Korean

Hanja

慮 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune-Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慮 (lự, lo, lợ)

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