# 慺

| 慺 | U+617A, &#24954; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-617A |
| ← 慹 [U+6179] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 慻 → [U+617B] |
| 慺 | U+2F8AA, &#194730; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8AA |
| ← 慌 [U+2F8A9] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 憎 → [U+2F8AB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

慺 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心中中女 (PLLV), four-corner 9504$_4$, composition ⿰忄婁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 401, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11154
* Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2345, character 16
* Unihan data for U+617A
* Unihan data for U+2F8AA

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roː, *ro, *roʔ): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lóu (lou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^4$
*** Yale: làuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: lju, luw
Rime :
| Character | 慺 | 慺 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯u/ | /lə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǘ | lóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^4$ | lau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 慺 | 慺 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 8468 | 8487 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樓 | 慺 |
| Old Chinese | /*roː/ | /*ro/ |

#### Definitions

慺
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) respectful; prudent
* (historical dictionaries only) happy; joyous

#### Compounds

* 慺慺 / 㥪㥪
* 慺誠 / 㥪诚

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* 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 | 慺 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| 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$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 慺 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 8503 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 縷 |
| Old Chinese | /*roʔ/ |

#### Definitions

慺
* a surname

## Korean
### Hanja

慺 • (ru, nu) (hangeul 루, 누, revised ru, nu, McCune–Reischauer ru, nu, Yale lwu, nwu)
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