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 Dictionary: 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

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
• Southern Min

  (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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁶
    • Yale: lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /leu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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: luwH

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
Baxter	luwH
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

• 仄陋
• 側陋／侧陋
• 僻陋
• 卑陋
• 卑陋齷齪／卑陋龌龊
• 因陋就簡／因陋就简
• 固陋 (gùlòu)
• 孤陋
• 孤陋寡聞／孤陋寡闻 (gūlòuguǎwén)
• 寒微簡陋／寒微简陋
• 寢陋／寝陋
• 寡陋
• 弇陋
• 愚陋
• 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋
• 搜揚側陋／搜扬侧陋
• 明揚仄陋／明扬仄陋
• 朴陋
• 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)
• 粗陋 (cūlòu)
• 至愚極陋／至愚极陋
• 薄陋
• 蠢陋
• 褊陋
• 謏聞之陋／𫍲闻之陋
• 譾陋／谫陋 (jiǎnlòu)
• 鄙陋 (bǐlòu)
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
• 陋俗 (lòusú)
• 陋儒 (lòurú)
• 陋劣
• 陋室
• 陋室銘／陋室铭
• 陋巷 (lòuxiàng)
• 陋巷簞瓢／陋巷箪瓢
• 陋淫
• 陋習／陋习 (lòuxí)
• 陋見／陋见
• 陋規／陋规 (lòuguī)
• 陳規陋習／陈规陋习 (chénguīlòuxí)
• 麼陋／么陋

 

Japanese

Kanji

陋

(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 (iyashī)、みにくい (minikui)

Compounds

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

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
陋: Nôm readings: lậu

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