# 僂

| 僂 | U+50C2, &#20674; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50C2 |
| ← 僁 [U+50C1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僃 → [U+50C3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

僂 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人中中女 (OLLV), four-corner 2524$_4$, composition ⿰亻婁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 115, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1045
* Dae Jaweon: page 246, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 210, character 18
* Unihan data for U+50C2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 僂
* Small seal scripts05885Transcribed ancient scriptsL14501
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | 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 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǚ, lóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ, ㄌㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi$^5$ / lau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^2$
*** Yale: lóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
*** Palladius: лоу (lou)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leoi$^5$ / lau$^4$
*** Yale: léuih / làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loey$^5$ / lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêu$^5$ / leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: luw, luwH
Rime :
| Character | 僂 | 僂 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 落侯切 | 盧候切 |
| Baxter | luw | luwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ləu/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləu/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləu/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləw/ | /ləw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lu/ | /lu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ləu/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lə̯u/ | /lə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóu | lòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^4$ | lau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roː/, /*ɡ·roːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 僂 | 僂 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 8456 | 8482 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樓 | 陋 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·roː/ | /*ɡ·roːs/ |

#### Definitions

僂
* hunchbacked; crooked
* (literary) to bend (one's body)

#### Compounds

* 上僂／上偻 (shànglǚ)
* 佝僂／佝偻 (gōulóu)
* 佝僂病／佝偻病 (gōulóubìng)
* 僂人／偻人
* 傴僂／伛偻 (yǔlǚ)
* 僂儸／偻㑩 (lóuluó)
* 僂指／偻指
* 僂行／偻行
* 垂白上僂／垂白上偻
* 痀僂／痀偻
* 踽僂／踽偻

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǚ (lü$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: lü$^3$
*** Yale: lyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
*** Palladius: люй (ljuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ly²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ljuX
Rime :
| Character | 僂 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| 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 | /lɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /lio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·roʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 僂 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 8499 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 縷 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·roʔ/ |

#### Definitions

僂
* (literary) quick

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liǔ (liu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liǒu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^3$
*** Yale: lyǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leou
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

僂
* Only used in 僂翣／偻翣.

### References

* “僂”, 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)
* bend, stoop

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: る (ru)、ろう (rō)
* Kun: かがむ (kagamu, 僂む)

## Korean
### Hanja

僂 (eum 루 (ru))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

僂: Hán Nôm readings: lũ
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