陋

陋

陋 U+964B, 陋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-964B ← 陊 [U+964A] CJK Unified Ideographs 陌 → [U+964C]

陋 U+F951, 陋 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F951 ← 縷 [U+F950] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 勒 → [U+F952]

Translingual

Han character

陋 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一月女 (NLMBV), four-corner 7121₂, composition ⿰阝𫠥)

Derived characters

• 𠸳, 𪶾, 𡩊

References

• KangXi: page 1349, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41616
• Dae Jaweon: page 1851, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4125, character 3
• Unihan data for U+964B
• Unihan data for U+F951

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		陋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lòu (lou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lêu⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): liō / lō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lou⁶

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• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /leu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liō
    • Tâi-lô: liō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ləu^H/

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤo-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lòu
Middle Chinese	‹ luwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁo-s/
English	narrow; base (adj.)
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	陋
Reading #	1/1
No.	8513
Phonetic component	陋
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陋
Old Chinese	/*roːs/

Definitions

陋

1. plain; ugly
2. vulgar; coarse; unrefined
3. humble; mean
4. (of knowledge) limited; shallow

Compounds

僻陋 卑陋 固陋 (gùlòu) 孤陋 寡陋 弇陋 愚陋 粗陋 (cūlòu) 薄陋 蠢陋 褊陋 鄙陋 (bǐlòu) 陋俗 (lòusú) 陋儒 (lòurú) 陋劣

陋室 陋巷 (lòuxiàng) 陋淫 朴陋 側陋／侧陋 卑陋齷齪／卑陋龌龊 因陋就簡／因陋就简 孤陋寡聞／孤陋寡闻 (gūlòuguǎwén) 寒微簡陋／寒微简陋 寢陋／寝陋 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋 搜揚側陋／搜扬侧陋 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋 樸陋／朴陋 淺陋／浅陋 (qiǎnlòu)

獨學孤陋／独学孤陋 簞瓢陋巷／箪瓢陋巷 簡陋／简陋 (jiǎnlòu) 至愚極陋／至愚极陋 謏聞之陋／𫍲闻之陋 譾陋／谫陋 (jiǎnlòu) 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu) 陋室銘／陋室铭 陋巷簞瓢／陋巷箪瓢 陋習／陋习 (lòuxí) 陋見／陋见 陋規／陋规 (lòuguī) 陳規陋習／陈规陋习 麼陋／么陋

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Japanese

Kanji

陋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small
2. narrow
3. ugly
4. ignoble, mean

Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)
• Kun: せまい (semai), いやしい (iyashii), みにくい (minikui)

Compounds

• 陋(ろう)屋(おく) (rōoku)
• 陋(ろう)習(しゅう) (rōshū)
• 陋(ろう)劣(れつ) (rōretsu)
• 固(こ)陋(ろう) (korō)
• 醜(しゅう)陋(ろう) (shūrō)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

陋: Hán Việt readings: lậu[1][2][3][4]
陋: Nôm readings: lậu[1]

1. chữ Hán form of lậu (“ugly”).
2. chữ Hán form of lậu (“narrow”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).