慺

慺 U+617A, 慺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-617A ← 慹 [U+6179] CJK Unified Ideographs 慻 → [U+617B]

慺 U+2F8AA, 慺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8AA ← 慌 [U+2F8A9] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 憎 → [U+2F8AB]

Translingual

Han character

慺 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心中中女 (PLLV), four-corner 9504₄, composition ⿰忄婁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 401, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11154
• Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2345, character 16
• Unihan data for U+617A

• Unihan data for U+2F8AA

Chinese

trad.		慺
simp.		㥪

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, *roʔ): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• 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	慺	慺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慺	慺
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	8468	8487
Phonetic component	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	慺
Old Chinese	/*roː/	/*ro/

Definitions

慺

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) respectful; prudent
2. (historical dictionaries only) happy; joyous

Compounds

• 慺慺 / 㥪㥪
• 慺誠 / 㥪诚

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• 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: ljuX

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慺
Reading #	3/3
No.	8503
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	縷
Old Chinese	/*roʔ/

Definitions

慺

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

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

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