縷

See also: 缕

縷 U+7E37, 縷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E37 ← 縶 [U+7E36] CJK Unified Ideographs 縸 → [U+7E38]

縷 U+F950, 縷 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F950 ← 累 [U+F94F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 陋 → [U+F951]

Translingual

Traditional	縷
Shinjitai (extended)	𫃵
Simplified	缕

Han character

縷 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火中中女 (VFLLV), four-corner 2594₄, composition ⿰糹婁)

Derived characters

• 𪈜 𧃒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 936, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27832
• Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3442, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7E37

• Unihan data for U+F950

Chinese

trad.		縷
simp.		缕

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): lǚ (lü³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ / lau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): léu / lî
• Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú / lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ / lau⁵
    • Yale: léuih / láuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ / lau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ / leo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯¹³/

Note: lau5 - alternative pronunciation.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: léu / lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: leu^ˋ / li^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: leu³ / li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /leu̯³¹/, /li²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
    • Tâi-lô: lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶liu
    • MiniDict: liu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 縷
Mandarin	Beijing	/ly²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ly²¹³/ /ly⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ly¹³/
	Jinan	/ly⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ly⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ly⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ly⁵³/
	Xining	/l̩ʷ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ly⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ly⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ly⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ny⁴²/
	Chengdu	/nəu⁵³/
	Guiyang	/nəu⁴²/ 老 /ni⁴²/ 新
	Kunming	/ləu⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ly²¹²/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ly⁵³/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ly⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ly²³/
	Suzhou	/ly³¹/
	Hangzhou	/lei⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/løy³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ly³⁵/
	Tunxi	/li³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ləu⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/nəɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/leu³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/løy²³/
	Nanning	/ly²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/løy²³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lu⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ly³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ly²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/lu⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lɔu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuX

Rime
Character	縷
Reading #	1/1
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]oʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ ljuX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]oʔ/
English	thread
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	縷
Reading #	1/1
No.	8496
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	縷
Old Chinese	/*roʔ/

Definitions

縷

1. thread
2. detailed, precise
3. Classifier for wisps, threads, or strands.

Compounds

• 一絲兩縷／一丝两缕
• 一縷／一缕
• 不絕如縷／不绝如缕 (bùjuérúlǚ)
• 依頭縷當／依头缕当
• 千絲萬縷／千丝万缕 (qiānsīwànlǚ)
• 寸縷／寸缕
• 析縷分條／析缕分条
• 條分縷晰／条分缕晰
• 條分縷析／条分缕析 (tiáofēnlǚxī)
• 毛舉縷析／毛举缕析
• 毫分縷析／毫分缕析
• 萬縷千絲／万缕千丝
• 篳路藍縷／筚路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
• 細縷／细缕
• 細針密縷／细针密缕
• 結縷草／结缕草
• 縷析／缕析 (lǚxī)
• 縷當／缕当
• 縷細／缕细
• 縷縷／缕缕
• 縷衣／缕衣
• 縷解／缕解
• 縷述／缕述
• 羅縷／罗缕 (luólǚ)
• 蓽路藍縷／荜路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
• 藍縷／蓝缕 (lánlǚ)
• 衣冠藍縷／衣冠蓝缕
• 襤縷／褴缕 (lánlǚ)
• 覶縷／𰴝缕
• 身無寸縷／身无寸缕
• 金縷玉衣／金缕玉衣 (jīnlǚyùyī)
• 金縷衣／金缕衣 (jīnlǚyī)
• 長命縷／长命缕

 

References

• “縷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𫃵
Kyūjitai	縷

Kanji

縷

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫃵)

1. thread

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)^{←る (ru, historical)}
• Kan-on: る (ru)^{←る (ru, historical)}、ろう (rō)^{←ろう (rou, historical)}
• Kun: いと (ito, 縷)

Compounds

• 縷(る)衣(い) (rui)
• 縷(る)解(かい) (rukai)
• 縷(る)膾(かい) (rukai)
• 縷(る)挙(きょ) (rukyo)
• 縷(る)金(きん) (rukin)
• 縷(る)言(げん) (rugen)
• 縷(る)細(さい) (rusai)
• 縷(る)綵(さい) (rusai)
• 縷(る)述(じゅつ) (rujutsu)
• 縷(る)析(せき) (ruseki)
• 縷(る)切(せつ) (rusetsu)
• 縷(る)説(せつ) (rusetsu)
• 縷(る)陳(ちん) (ruchin)
• 縷(る)綿(めん) (rumen)
• 縷(る)絡(らく) (ruraku)
• 縷(る)縷(る) (ruru)
• 衣(い)縷(る) (iru)
• 一(いち)縷(る) (ichiru)
• 煙(えん)縷(る) (enru)
• 金(きん)縷(る) (kinru)
• 細(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
• 綵(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
• 糸(し)縷(る) (shiru)
• 絮縷
• 鍼(しん)縷(る) (shinru)
• 千(せん)縷(る) (senru)
• 線(せん)縷(る) (senru)
• 繊(せん)縷(る) (senru)
• 帛(はく)縷(る) (hakuru)
• 繁縷(はこべ) (hakobe), 繁縷(はこべら) (hakobera): chickweed
• 万(ばん)縷(る) (banru)
• 微(び)縷(る) (biru)
• 布(ふ)縷(る) (furu)
• 羅(ら)縷(る), 覶(ら)縷(る) (raru)
• 藍(らん)縷(る), 襤(らん)縷(る) (ranru) (藍(らん)蔞(る))
• 柳(りゅう)縷(る) (ryūru)

 

References

• 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “縷”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

縷: Hán Nôm readings: lũ, lụa, lũ, lú, lẫu

1. silk thread (see lụa)
2. silky (see lụa)