耬

See also: 耧

耬 U+802C, 耬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-802C ← 耫 [U+802B] CJK Unified Ideographs 耭 → [U+802D]

Translingual

Han character

耬 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 手木中中女 (QDLLV), four-corner 5594₄, composition ⿰耒婁)

1. drill for sowing grain

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 964, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28971
• Dae Jaweon: page 1412, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2776, character 1
• Unihan data for U+802C

Chinese

trad.		耬
simp.		耧

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): 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: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: luw

Rime
Character	耬
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	耬
Reading #	1/1
No.	8455
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓
Old Chinese	/*roː/

Definitions

耬

1. drill barrow; seed plough drawn by animal or human-powered

   • 秀梅笑著說：“大伯，你拉砘子吧，我拿耬，我好把式哩！” [MSC, trad.]
     秀梅笑著说：“大伯，你拉砘子吧，我拿耧，我好把式哩！” [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1948, July 10, Sun Li（孫犁）, Honour（《光荣》）

     Xiùméi xiàozhe shuō: “Dàbó, nǐ lā dùnzi ba, wǒ ná lóu, wǒ hǎo bǎshi li!” [Pinyin]

     Xiumei smiled and said: “Uncle, you pull the roller and I bring the seed drill. I'm skilled at drilling!”

Compounds

• 搖耬／摇耧
• 耬播／耧播
• 耬斗菜 (lóudǒucài)
• 耬犁／耧犁
• 耬車／耧车

 

Japanese

Kanji

耬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)、る (ru)

Korean

Hanja

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

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