# 膢

| 膢 | U+81A2, &#33186; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81A2 |
| ← 膡 [U+81A1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 膣 → [U+81A3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

膢 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月中中女 (BLLV), four-corner 7524$_6$, composition ⿰⺼婁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 993, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29844
* Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 7
* Unihan data for U+81A2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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): lóu, lǘ (lou$^2$, lü$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ, ㄌㄩˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^4$ / lau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^2$
*** Yale: lóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
*** Palladius: лоу (lou)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǘ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyú
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^2$
*** Yale: lyú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^4$ / lau$^4$
*** Yale: lèuih / làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^4$ / lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^4$ / leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lju, luw
Rime :
| Character | 膢 | 膢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯u/ | /lə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǘ | lóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^4$ | lau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 膢 | 膢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8463 | 8495 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樓 | 慺 |
| Old Chinese | /*roː/ | /*ro/ |

### Definitions

膢
* (obsolete) name of an ancient sacrifice
    From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version
    Fú shānjū ér gǔ jí zhě, lóulà ér xiàng yí yǐ shuǐ; zéjū gǔ shuǐ zhě, mǎi yōng ér jué dòu. [Pinyin]
    Indeed, those who dwell in the mountains and draw water from the valleys, give water to each other on the occasion of the lou and winter sacrifices; those who live in swamps hire men to open channels for the water.
    From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version
    Ruòhé niúyáng zhī yòngrén yě? Ruò niúyáng yòngrén, zé húlí, lóuyǐn bù lóu là yě yǔ? [Pinyin]
    How can one use people like cattle and sheep? If one uses them as cattle and sheep, then do foxes, raccoon-dogs, crickets, and earthworms not become the recipients of the lou and winter sacrifices?

### References

* “膢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)