廬

See also: 庐

廬 U+5EEC, 廬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EEC ← 廫 [U+5EEB] CJK Unified Ideographs 廭 → [U+5EED]

廬 U+F982, 廬 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 0021₇, 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

trad.		廬
simp.		庐

Glyph origin

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

	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 (lu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lu³

• Eastern Min (BUC): lù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lîr / lû / lî / lô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lu⁵ / lou⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lú
    • Wade–Giles: lu²
    • Yale: lú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/

Note:

• lîr/lû/lî - literary;
• lô͘ - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lu⁵ / lou⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lû / lôu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/, /lou⁵⁵/

Note:

• lu5 - literary;
• lou5 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu
    • MiniDict: lu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/

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• 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	leoi4

• 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

1. rudimentary lodgings; hut; shack; simple countryside house
2. (archaic) inn; guesthouse; lodging (for officials)
3. (historical) hut near a tomb used for morning
4. (～山) Mount Lu in Jiangxi province
5. 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

廬

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
• Kun: いおり (iori, 廬)^{←いほり (ifori, いほり, historical)}、いえ (ie, 廬)、いお (io, 廬)

Etymology 1

/ipo₁/ → /iɸo/ → /iwo/ → /iho/ → /io/

From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 家 (ie, “house”).

Alternative forms

• 庵

Noun

廬(いお) • (io) ^{←いほ (ifo)?}

1. a temporary hut
2. 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) ^{←いほり (ifori)?}

1. a temporary hut
2. a temporary lodging
3. 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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