# 鏤

| 鏤 | U+93E4, &#37860; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93E4 |
| ← 鏣 [U+93E3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鏥 → [U+93E5] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 鏤 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 𨩐 |
| Simplified | 镂 |

### Han character

鏤 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金中中女 (CLLV), four-corner 8514$_4$, composition ⿰釒婁)
* carve, inlay, engrave
* tattoo

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1320, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40820
* Dae Jaweon: page 1820, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4248, character 12
* Unihan data for U+93E4

## 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): lòu (lou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô / lô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lô / lôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: looi, loo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³/, /lɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴/, /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³/, /lɔ²³/
* Middle Chinese: lju, luwH
Rime :
| Character | 鏤 | 鏤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 力朱切 | 盧候切 |
| Baxter | lju | luwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨo/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lio/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lio/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luə̆/ | /ləw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lio/ | /lu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭu/ | /ləu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /li̯u/ | /lə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǘ | lòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^4$ | lau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤo-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*roːs/, /*ro/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鏤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ luw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]ˁo-s/ |
| English | carve |
| 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 | 鏤 | 鏤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8480 | 8492 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陋 | 慺 |
| Old Chinese | /*roːs/ | /*ro/ |

### Definitions

鏤
* carve, inlay, engrave
* tattoo

#### Compounds

* 刻鏤／刻镂 (kèlòu)
* 刻鏤刀／刻镂刀
* 刻骨鏤心／刻骨镂心
* 吹影鏤塵／吹影镂尘
* 彫章鏤句／雕章镂句
* 炊沙鏤冰／炊沙镂冰
* 畫脂鏤冰／画脂镂冰
* 精雕細鏤／精雕细镂
* 虯鏤亮槅／虬镂亮槅
* 金鏤／金镂
* 金鏤梅科／金镂梅科
* 金鏤玉衣／金镂玉衣
* 鈒鏤／钑镂
* 銘心鏤骨／铭心镂骨
* 銘肌鏤骨／铭肌镂骨
* 銗鏤／𬭅镂
* 錯彩鏤金／错彩镂金
* 鏤冰／镂冰
* 鏤冰雕朽／镂冰雕朽
* 鏤刻／镂刻
* 鏤塵吹影／镂尘吹影
* 鏤彩摛文／镂彩摛文
* 鏤心刻骨／镂心刻骨
* 鏤月裁雲／镂月裁云
* 鏤榜／镂榜
* 鏤版／镂版 (lòubǎn)
* 鏤空／镂空 (lòukōng)
* 鏤花／镂花
* 鏤身／镂身
* 鏤金錯采／镂金错采
* 鏤骨銘心／镂骨铭心
* 鏤骨銘肌／镂骨铭肌
* 雕肝鏤腎／雕肝镂肾
* 雕蚶鏤蛤／雕蚶镂蛤
* 雕鏤／雕镂
* 雕章鏤句／雕章镂句

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𨩐 |
| Kyūjitai | 鏤 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𨩐)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: る (ru)、ろう (rō)
* Kun: ちりばめる (chiribameru, 鏤める)

#### Compounds

* 彫心鏤骨(ちょうしんるこつ) (chōshinrukotsu)
* 鏤刻(るこく) (rukoku)
* 鏤骨(るこつ) (rukotsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

鏤 • (ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune–Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鏤: Hán Việt readings: lũ
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