# 廬

| 廬 | U+5EEC, &#24300; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EEC |
| ← 廫 [U+5EEB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 廭 → [U+5EED] |
| 廬 | U+F982, &#63874; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F982 |
| ← 女 [U+F981] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 旅 → [U+F983] |

## Translingual
### Han character

廬 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈卜心廿 (IYPT), four-corner 0021$_7$, composition ⿸广盧)

#### Derived characters

* 𮆿

#### Descendants

* 庐 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 352, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9535
* Dae Jaweon: page 665, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 907, character 19
* Unihan data for U+5EEC
* Unihan data for U+F982

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ra): semantic 广 + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lú (lu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lu$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): lù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lîr / lû / lî / lô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lu$^5$ / lou$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lú
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lú
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^2$
*** Yale: lú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lu
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^4$
*** Yale: lòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lu²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lù
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃u⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîr
*** Tâi-lô: lîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû
*** Tâi-lô: lû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: luu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
*** Tâi-lô: lî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³/
* lîr/lû/lî - literary;
* lô͘ - vernacular (俗).
* Middle Chinese: ljo
Rime :
| Character | 廬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力居切 |
| Baxter | ljo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /liɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lǘ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | leoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ra/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 廬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljo › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]a/ |
| English | hut; inn; to lodge |
| 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 | 廬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5234 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 臚 |
| Old Chinese | /*ra/ |

### Definitions

廬
* rudimentary lodgings; hut; shack; simple countryside house
* (archaic) inn; guesthouse; lodging (for officials)
* (historical) hut near a tomb used for morning
* (～山) Mount Lu in Jiangxi province
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (rudimentary lodgings): 廬舍／庐舍 (lúshè)

### Compounds

* 三顧茅廬 / 三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
* 倚廬 / 倚庐
* 初出茅廬 / 初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
* 匡廬 / 匡庐 (Kuānglú)
* 室廬 / 室庐
* 屋廬 / 屋庐
* 廬劇 / 庐剧 (lújù)
* 廬墓 / 庐墓
* 廬山 / 庐山 (Lúshān)
* 廬山面目 / 庐山面目
* 廬帳 / 庐帐
* 廬舍 / 庐舍 (lúshè)
* 拂廬 / 拂庐
* 朱柏廬 / 朱柏庐
* 田廬 / 田庐 (tiánlú)
* 空廬 / 空庐
* 穹廬 / 穹庐 (qiónglú)
* 精廬 / 精庐
* 結廬 / 结庐
* 茅廬 / 茅庐 (máolú)
* 茅廬三顧 / 茅庐三顾
* 草廬 / 草庐
* 草廬三顧 / 草庐三顾
* 菴廬 / 庵庐
* 蒿廬 / 蒿庐
* 蘧廬 / 蘧庐
* 蝸廬 / 蜗庐
* 螾廬曲談 / 螾庐曲谈
* 野廬氏 / 野庐氏
* 闔廬 / 阖庐
* 青廬 / 青庐

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろ (ro)
* Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
* Kun: いおり (iori, 廬)、いえ (ie, 廬)、いお (io, 廬)

### Etymology 1

/ipo$_1$/ → /iɸo/ → /iwo/ → /iho/ → /io/
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 家 (ie, “house”).

#### Alternative forms

* 庵

#### Noun

廬(いお) • (io)
* a temporary hut
* a temporary lodging

### Etymology 2

/ihori/: *[ipori] → [iɸori] → [iwori] → [iori]. The nominalization of verb 庵る (ioru).

#### Alternative forms

* 庵

#### Noun

廬(いおり) • (iori)
* a temporary hut
* a temporary lodging
* a small hut for hermits and priests; a hermitage

## Korean
### Hanja

廬 (eum 려 (ryeo))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

廬: Hán Nôm readings: lư
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