摟

See also: 搂

Translingual

Han character

摟 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手中中女 (QLLV), four-corner 5504₄, composition ⿰扌婁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12595
• Dae Jaweon: page 800, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 2
• Unihan data for U+645F

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Chinese

trad.		摟
simp.		搂

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 *roː, *ro) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǒu (lou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lèu
• Jin (Wiktionary): lou²
• Eastern Min (BUC): lēu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘ / lió
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lou³
    • Yale: lǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁵
    • Yale: láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: leuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: leu²
    • Sinological IPA: /leu̯¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lou²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ləu⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘
    • Tâi-lô: lóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lió
    • Tâi-lô: lió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁵⁵⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ləu̯⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 摟

1. to hug; to embrace
2. armspan

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	摟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	摟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	抱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
	Matsu	攬
Southern Min	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lōu (lou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘ / liô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lou
    • Wade–Giles: lou¹
    • Yale: lōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau¹
    • Yale: lāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lèu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liô
    • Tâi-lô: liô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lio²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lju, luw

Rime
Character	摟	摟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力朱切	落侯切
Baxter	lju	luw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/	/ləu/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/	/ləu/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/	/ləu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/	/ləw/
Li Rong	/lio/	/lu/
Wang Li	/lĭu/	/ləu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摟	摟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8454	8490
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	慺
Old Chinese	/*roː/	/*ro/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 摟

1. to gather up
2. (colloquial) to pull up; to tuck up
3. to extort; to rake in
4. (dialectal) to pull; to draw
5. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) to drape; to cover
6. (Cantonese, of insects) to crawl or hover over

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
    • Wade–Giles: lou²
    • Yale: lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lju, luw

Rime
Character	摟	摟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力朱切	落侯切
Baxter	lju	luw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/	/ləu/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/	/ləu/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/	/ləu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/	/ləw/
Li Rong	/lio/	/lu/
Wang Li	/lĭu/	/ləu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摟	摟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8454	8490
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	慺
Old Chinese	/*roː/	/*ro/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 摟

1. ^† to pull in; to rope in; to gather

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

摟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hug, embrace
2. drag, pull

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō); る (ru)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

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Vietnamese

Han character

摟: Hán Nôm readings: lùa, lâu

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