鏤

See also: 𨩐 and 镂

鏤 U+93E4, 鏤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93E4 ← 鏣 [U+93E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 鏥 → [U+93E5]

Translingual

Traditional	鏤
Shinjitai (extended)	𨩐
Simplified	镂

Han character

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

1. carve, inlay, engrave
2. tattoo

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘

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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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁶
    • Yale: lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: lju, luwH

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
Baxter	lju	luwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/	/ləuH/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/	/ləuH/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/	/ləuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/	/ləwH/
Li Rong	/lio/	/luH/
Wang Li	/lĭu/	/ləuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯uH/
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	‹ luwH ›
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

1. carve, inlay, engrave
2. 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
• 銘心鏤骨／铭心镂骨
• 銘肌鏤骨／铭肌镂骨
• 銗鏤／𬭅镂
• 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
• 雕肝鏤腎／雕肝镂肾
• 雕蚶鏤蛤／雕蚶镂蛤
• 雕鏤／雕镂
• 雕章鏤句／雕章镂句

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𨩐
Kyūjitai	鏤

Kanji

鏤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨩐)

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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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