蘆

See also: 芦

蘆 U+8606, 蘆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8606 ← 蘅 [U+8605] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘇 → [U+8607]

蘆 U+F935, 蘆 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F935 ← 老 [U+F934] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 虜 → [U+F936]

Translingual

Han character

蘆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜心廿 (TYPT), four-corner 4421₇, composition ⿱艹盧)

Derived characters

• 𭶨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1068, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32425
• Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3325, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8606

• Unihan data for U+F935

Chinese

trad.		蘆
simp.		芦*

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 *raː, *ra): semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 盧 (OC *b·raː).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lú (lu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lù

  (Hailu, HRS): lu

• Eastern Min (BUC): lù
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lu⁵

• 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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nu²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lù
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃u⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lou²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ló
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔu¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lu
    • MiniDict: lu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lu

Rime
Character	蘆
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落胡切
Baxter	lu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luo/
Pan Wuyun	/luo/
Shao Rongfen	/lo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔ/
Li Rong	/lo/
Wang Li	/lu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.rˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蘆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lú
Middle Chinese	‹ lu ›
Old Chinese	/*C.rˁa/
English	lúwěi 蘆葦 reed
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	蘆
Reading #	1/2
No.	5203
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	盧
Old Chinese	/*raː/

Definitions

蘆

1. reed
2. root of shepherd's purse
3. Used in 蘆菔／芦菔 (lúfú).
4. Used in 葫蘆／葫芦 (húlu).
5. a surname

Compounds

• 不上蘆葦 / 不上芦苇
• 乍入蘆圩 / 乍入芦圩
• 亞腰葫蘆 / 亚腰葫芦
• 伊哩烏蘆 / 伊哩乌芦
• 依樣葫蘆 / 依样葫芦
• 倒地葫蘆 / 倒地葫芦
• 冰糖葫蘆 / 冰糖葫芦 (bīngtáng húlu)
• 包葫蘆頭 / 包葫芦头
• 壺蘆 / 壶芦
• 實葫蘆 / 实葫芦
• 廟蘆 / 庙芦 (Miàolú)
• 悶葫蘆 / 闷葫芦 (mènhúlu)
• 悶葫蘆罐 / 闷葫芦罐 (mènhúluguàn)
• 打悶葫蘆 / 打闷葫芦
• 打混葫蘆 / 打混葫芦
• 揜口葫蘆 / 揜口葫芦
• 提壺蘆 / 提壶芦
• 提葫蘆 / 提葫芦
• 新蘆 / 新芦 (Xīnlú)
• 明蘆 / 明芦 (Mínglú)
• 沒嘴葫蘆 / 没嘴葫芦
• 火葫蘆 / 火葫芦
• 糖葫蘆 / 糖葫芦 (tánghúlu)
• 葫蘆 / 葫芦 (húlu)
• 葫蘆兒 / 葫芦儿 (húlur)
• 葫蘆島 / 葫芦岛 (Húlúdǎo)
• 葫蘆提 / 葫芦提
• 葫蘆架 / 葫芦架
• 葫蘆科 / 葫芦科
• 葫蘆笙 / 葫芦笙 (húlúshēng)
• 蒲蘆 / 蒲芦
• 藜蘆 / 藜芦
• 蘆根 / 芦根 (lúgēn)
• 蘆洲 / 芦洲 (Lúzhōu)
• 蘆洋 / 芦洋 (Lúyáng)
• 蘆洲蟹舍 / 芦洲蟹舍
• 蘆田 / 芦田 (lútián)
• 蘆竹 / 芦竹 (lúzhú)
• 蘆笙 / 芦笙 (lúshēng)
• 蘆筍 / 芦笋 (lúsǔn)
• 蘆管 / 芦管
• 蘆簾 / 芦帘
• 蘆粟 / 芦粟 (lúsù)
• 蘆絮 / 芦絮
• 蘆花 / 芦花
• 蘆花蕩 / 芦花荡
• 蘆花衣 / 芦花衣
• 蘆花雞 / 芦花鸡
• 蘆荻 / 芦荻 (lúdí)
• 蘆菔 / 芦菔 (lúfú)
• 蘆葦 / 芦苇 (lúwěi)
• 蘆蓆 / 芦席 (lúxí)
• 蘆蕩 / 芦荡
• 蘆薈 / 芦荟 (lúhuì)
• 西葫蘆 / 西葫芦 (xīhúlu)
• 鋸嘴葫蘆 / 锯嘴葫芦
• 響葫蘆 / 响葫芦

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lú (lu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: ljo

Rime
Character	蘆
Reading #	1/2
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*ra/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蘆
Reading #	2/2
No.	5235
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	臚
Old Chinese	/*ra/

Definitions

蘆

1. Only used in 漏蘆／漏芦 (lòulú).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lú, lǔ (lu², lu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˊ, ㄌㄨˇ

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lu³
    • Yale: lǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luu
    • Palladius: лу (lu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴/

Definitions

蘆

1. Only used in 油葫蘆／油葫芦 (yóuhúlú).

Japanese

Kanji

蘆

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 芦)

1. reed, rush (plant)

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろ (ro)
• Kun: あし (ashi, 蘆)、よし (yoshi, 蘆)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蘆
あし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蘆 – see the following entry.

【あしアシ】 [noun] common reed, Phragmites australis Alternative spellings 芦, 葦, 葭

(This term, 蘆, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (芦) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蘆
よし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蘆 – see the following entry.

【よし】 [noun] ヨシ, 葦, 蘆, 葭: Alternative form of あし (ashi) Alternative spellings ヨシ, 葦, 葭

(This term, 蘆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

蘆 • (ro, no, yeo) (hangeul 로, 노, 여, revised ro, no, yeo, McCune–Reischauer ro, no, yŏ, Yale lo, no, ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蘆: Hán Nôm readings: lô, lư, lựa, tuấn

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