루

루	U+B8E8, 루 HANGUL SYLLABLE RU

Composition:	ㄹ + ㅜ
Dubeolsik input:	f-n

← 룧
[U+B8E7]

Hangul Syllables

룩 →
[U+B8E9]

Korean

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[ɾu]
Phonetic Hangul[루]

Revised Romanization^?	ru
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	lu
McCune–Reischauer^?	ru
Yale Romanization^?	lwu

Etymology 1

료 ←	→ 뤄
루룩룪룫룬룭룮 룯룰룱룲룳룴룵 룶룷룸룹룺룻룼 룽룾룿뤀뤁뤂뤃

Syllable

루 • (ru)

A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄹ and ㅜ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 壘

Noun

루 • (ru) (hanja 壘)

rampart, military wall
baseball base

Derived terms

누의공과 (壘의空過, nuuigonggwa)
일루 (一壘, illu)
이루 (二壘, iru)
삼루 (三壘, samnu)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

루 (ru)

屢:
(MC reading: 屢 (MC lɨo^H))
樓:
(MC reading: 樓 (MC ləu))
累:
(MC reading: 累 (MC liuᴇ^X, liuᴇ^H))
淚:
(MC reading: 淚 (MC liuɪ^H))
漏:
(MC reading: 漏 (MC ləu^H))
壘:
(MC reading: 壘 (MC liuɪ^X))
婁:
(MC reading: 婁 (MC lɨo, ləu))
瘻:
(MC reading: 瘻 (MC lɨo, ləu^H))
縷:
(MC reading: 縷 (MC lɨo^X))
蔞:
(MC reading: 蔞 (MC lɨo, ləu, lɨo^X))
褸:
(MC reading: 褸 (MC ləu, lɨo^X))
鏤:
(MC reading: 鏤 (MC lɨo, ləu^H))
陋:
(MC reading: 陋 (MC ləu^H))
慺:
(MC reading: 慺 (MC lɨo, ləu, lɨo^X))
嶁:
(MC reading: 嶁 (MC lɨo^X, ləu^X))
耬:
(MC reading: 耬 (MC ləu))
熡:
(MC reading: 熡)
僂:
(MC reading: 僂 (MC ləu, lɨo^X, ləu^H))
嘍:
(MC reading: 嘍 (MC ləu, ləu^X))
螻:
(MC reading: 螻 (MC ləu))
髏:
(MC reading: 髏 (MC ləu))

Alternative forms

노 (no) (South Korea)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 노 (no) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 루 (ru) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References

Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).