# 螻

| 螻 | U+87BB, &#34747; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87BB |
| ← 螺 [U+87BA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螼 → [U+87BC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螻 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈中田女 (LILWV), four-corner 5514$_4$, composition ⿰虫婁)

#### Derived characters

* 𧔅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33515
* Dae Jaweon: page 1560, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2885, character 1
* Unihan data for U+87BB

## 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 (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: luw
Rime :
| Character | 螻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 落侯切 |
| Baxter | luw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ləu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ləu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ləu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ləw/ |
| Li Rong | /lu/ |
| Wang Li | /ləu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*roː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8458 |
| Phonetic component | 婁 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樓 |
| Old Chinese | /*roː/ |

### Definitions

螻
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mole cricket

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 螻蛄, 𧕱, 螻螲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 螻蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 螻蛄, 土狗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 螻蛄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 螻蛄, 海陸空 humorous |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 螻蛄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 地狗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 土狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蝲蝲蛄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 土狗兒, 土狗, 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 土狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 土狗崽, 土狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 土狗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 土狗子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 土狗兒, 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 土狗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 草狗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 土狗子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 土狗 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 土狗仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 土狗哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 土八仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 土猴子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Changting | 土猴哩, 土狗 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 土狗 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 兔狗子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 土狗子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 土狗子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蝲蛄 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蝲蛄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 沙猴仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塗犬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗犬, 地鹿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 塗猴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 杜猴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𫋐猴 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 螻蛄, 油葫蘆 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 螻蛄 |
| Wu | Danyang | 地鱉狗子, 土狗 suburbs |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 地狗兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地狗, 游蛄 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 土狗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 土狗, 水狗兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 土狗子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 土狗子 |

### Compounds

* 先驅螻蟻 / 先驱蝼蚁
* 虎螻蜂 / 虎蝼蜂
* 蛖螻 / 蛖蝼
* 螻蛄 / 蝼蛄 (lóugū)
* 螻蟈 / 蝼蝈
* 螻蟻 / 蝼蚁 (lóuyǐ)
* 螻蟻得志 / 蝼蚁得志

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろう (rō)
* Kun: けら (kera)

#### Compounds

* 螻蛄 (おけら, okera and けら, kera)
* 虫螻 (むしけら, mushikera)

## Korean
### Hanja

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