僂

僂

See also: 偻

僂 U+50C2, 僂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C2 ← 僁 [U+50C1] CJK Unified Ideographs 僃 → [U+50C3]

Translingual

Han character

僂 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人中中女 (OLLV), four-corner 2524₄, composition ⿰亻婁)

References

• KangXi: page 115, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1045
• Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 210, character 18
• Unihan data for U+50C2

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Chinese

trad.		僂
simp.		偻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僂
Small seal script s05885 Transcribed ancient scripts L14501
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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, OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚ, lóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ, ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵, lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lü³
    • Yale: lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵, lau⁴
    • Yale: léuih, làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵, lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵, leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ləu/, /ləu^H/

Rime
Character	僂	僂
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落侯切	盧候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu/	/ləuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu/	/ləuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu/	/ləuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw/	/ləwH/
Li Rong	/lu/	/luH/
Wang Li	/ləu/	/ləuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/lə̯u/	/lə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu	lòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	lau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː/, /*ɡ·roːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僂	僂
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	8456	8482
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	陋
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roː/	/*ɡ·roːs/

Definitions

僂

1. hunchbacked; crooked
2. (literary) to bend (one's body)

Compounds

上僂／上偻 (shànglǚ) 佝僂／佝偻 (gōulóu) 佝僂病／佝偻病 (gōulóubìng) 傴僂／伛偻 (yǔlǚ)

僂人／偻人 僂儸／偻㑩 僂指／偻指 僂行／偻行

垂白上僂／垂白上偻 痀僂／痀偻 踽僂／踽偻

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨo^X/

Rime
Character	僂
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力主切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/lioX/
Shao Rongfen	/lioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆X/
Li Rong	/lioX/
Wang Li	/lĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僂
Reading #	3/3
No.	8499
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	縷
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·roʔ/

Definitions

僂

1. (literary) quick

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǔ (liu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǒu
    • Wade–Giles: liu³
    • Yale: lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leou
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

僂

1. Only used in 僂翣／偻翣.

References

• “僂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

僂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bend, stoop

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: る (ru); ろう (rō)
• Kun: かがむ (kagamu, 僂む)

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Korean

Hanja

僂 (eum 루 (ru))

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Vietnamese

Han character

僂: Hán Nôm readings: lũ

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