鏤

See also: 镂

鏤	U+93E4, 鏤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93E4

← 鏣
[U+93E3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鏥 →
[U+93E5]

Translingual

Han character

鏤 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金中中女 (CLLV), four-corner 8514₄, composition ⿰釒婁)

carve, inlay, engrave
tattoo

References

KangXi: page 1320, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40820

Dae Jaweon: page 1820, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4248, character 12

Unihan data for U+93E4

Chinese

trad.		鏤
simp.		镂

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lòu (lou⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lô / lô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lòu
  - Wade–Giles: lou⁴
  - Yale: lòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: low
  - Palladius: лоу (lou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁶
  - Yale: lauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô / lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: lô / lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: looi, loo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/, /lɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/, /lɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: /lɨo/, /ləu^H/

Rime
Character	鏤	鏤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力朱切	盧候切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/	/ləu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/	/ləu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/	/ləu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/	/ləw^H/
Li Rong	/lio/	/lu^H/
Wang Li	/lĭu/	/ləu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ	lòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁴	lau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤo-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*roːs/, /*ro/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鏤
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lòu
Middle Chinese	‹ luw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁo-s/
English	carve
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	鏤	鏤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8480	8492
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	陋	慺
Old Chinese	/*roːs/	/*ro/

Definitions

鏤

carve, inlay, engrave
tattoo

Compounds

刻鏤／刻镂 (kèlòu)
刻鏤刀／刻镂刀
刻骨鏤心／刻骨镂心
吹影鏤塵／吹影镂尘
彫章鏤句／雕章镂句
炊沙鏤冰／炊沙镂冰
畫脂鏤冰／画脂镂冰
精雕細鏤／精雕细镂
虯鏤亮槅／虬镂亮槅
金鏤／金镂
金鏤梅科／金镂梅科
金鏤玉衣／金镂玉衣

鈒鏤／钑镂
銗鏤／𬭅镂
銘心鏤骨／铭心镂骨
銘肌鏤骨／铭肌镂骨
錯彩鏤金／错彩镂金
鏤冰／镂冰
鏤冰雕朽／镂冰雕朽
鏤刻／镂刻
鏤塵吹影／镂尘吹影
鏤彩摛文／镂彩摛文
鏤心刻骨／镂心刻骨
鏤月裁雲／镂月裁云

鏤榜／镂榜
鏤版／镂版 (lòubǎn)
鏤空／镂空 (lòukōng)
鏤花／镂花
鏤身／镂身
鏤金錯采／镂金错采
鏤骨銘心／镂骨铭心
鏤骨銘肌／镂骨铭肌
雕章鏤句／雕章镂句
雕肝鏤腎／雕肝镂肾
雕蚶鏤蛤／雕蚶镂蛤
雕鏤／雕镂

Japanese

Kanji

鏤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: る (ru)

Kan-on: る (ru); ろう (rō)

Kun: ちりばめる (chiribameru, 鏤める)

Compounds

彫心鏤骨(ちょうしんるこつ) (chōshinrukotsu)
鏤刻(るこく) (rukoku)
鏤骨(るこつ) (rukotsu)

Korean

Hanja

鏤 • (ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune–Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鏤: Hán Việt readings: lũ

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