蔞

See also: 蒌

Translingual

Han character

蔞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿中中女 (TLLV), four-corner 4440₄, composition ⿱艹婁)

1. Artemisia stelleriana

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1054, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31813
• Dae Jaweon: page 1517, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3278, character 4
• Unihan data for U+851E

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Chinese

trad.		蔞
simp.		蒌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁵ / lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóu
    • Wade–Giles: lou²
    • Yale: lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁵ / lau⁴
    • Yale: láuh / làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁵ / lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁵ / leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯¹³/, /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lju, luw, ljuX

Rime
Character	蔞	蔞	蔞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	力朱切	落侯切	力主切
Baxter	lju	luw	ljuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo/	/ləu/	/lɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/lio/	/ləu/	/lioX/
Shao Rongfen	/lio/	/ləu/	/lioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆/	/ləw/	/luə̆X/
Li Rong	/lio/	/lu/	/lioX/
Wang Li	/lĭu/	/ləu/	/lĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯u/	/lə̯u/	/li̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǘ	lóu	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4	lau4	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/, /*ro/, /*roʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蔞	蔞	蔞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8460	8486	8498
Phonetic component	婁	婁	婁
Rime group	侯	侯	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓	慺	縷
Old Chinese	/*roː/	/*ro/	/*roʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 蔞

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References

• “蔞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蔞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: よもぎ (yomogi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘩蔞(はこべ) (hakobe): chickweed

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Korean

Hanja

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

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