# 陋

| 陋 | U+964B, &#38475; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-964B |
| ← 陊 [U+964A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 陌 → [U+964C] |
| 陋 | U+F951, &#63825; 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 7121$_2$, 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
### 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 (lou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^6$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lêu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liō / lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lòu
*** Wade–Giles: lou$^4$
*** Yale: lòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: low
*** Palladius: лоу (lou)
*** Sinological IPA : /loʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^6$
*** Yale: lauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lêu$^4$
*** 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: lou$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lŏu
*** Sinological IPA : /lou³⁵/
* 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 | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^6$ |
* 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 | ‹ luw$^H$ › |
| 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
* plain; ugly
* vulgar; coarse; unrefined
* humble; mean
* (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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* small
* narrow
* ugly
* 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
* chữ Hán form of lậu (“ugly”).
* chữ Hán form of lậu (“narrow”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).