縷

See also: 缕

縷	U+7E37, 縷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E37

← 縶
[U+7E36]

CJK Unified Ideographs

縸 →
[U+7E38]

縷	U+F950, 縷 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F950

← 累
[U+F94F]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

陋 →
[U+F951]

Translingual

Traditional	縷
Shinjitai (extended)	𫃵
Simplified	缕

Han character

縷 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火中中女 (VFLLV), four-corner 2594₄, composition ⿰糹婁)

Derived characters

𪈜𧃒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 936, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27832
Dae Jaweon: page 1375, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3442, character 12
Unihan data for U+7E37

Unihan data for U+F950

Chinese

trad.		縷
simp.		缕

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): lǚ (lü³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ / lau⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): léu / lî
Northern Min (KCR): lṳ̌
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú / lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): lu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶liu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lü³
  - Yale: lyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leu
  - Palladius: люй (ljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leoi⁵ / lau⁵
  - Yale: léuih / láuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ / lau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ / leo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɐu̯¹³/

Note: lau5 - alternative pronunciation.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: léu / lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: leu^ˋ / li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: leu³ / li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /leu̯³¹/, /li²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lṳ̌
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
  - Tâi-lô: lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
  - Tâi-lô: lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶liu
  - MiniDict: liu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ly
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ly²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 縷
Mandarin	Beijing	/ly²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ly²¹³/ /ly⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ly¹³/
	Jinan	/ly⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ly⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ly⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ly⁵³/
	Xining	/l̩ʷ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ly⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ly⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ly⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ny⁴²/
	Chengdu	/nəu⁵³/
	Guiyang	/nəu⁴²/ 老 /ni⁴²/ 新
	Kunming	/ləu⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ly²¹²/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ly⁵³/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ly⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ly²³/
	Suzhou	/ly³¹/
	Hangzhou	/lei⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/løy³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ly³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/li³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ləu⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/nəɯ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/leu³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/løy²³/
	Nanning	/ly²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/løy²³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lu⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ly³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ly²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/lu⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/lɔu²¹³/

Middle Chinese: ljuX

Rime
Character	縷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力主切
Baxter	ljuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luə̆^X/
Li Rong	/lio^X/
Wang Li	/lĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*roʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ lju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]oʔ/
English	thread
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	縷
Reading #	1/1
No.	8496
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*roʔ/

Definitions

縷

thread
detailed, precise
Classifier for wisps, threads, or strands.

Compounds

一絲兩縷 / 一丝两缕
一縷 / 一缕
不絕如縷 / 不绝如缕 (bùjuérúlǚ)
依頭縷當 / 依头缕当
千絲萬縷 / 千丝万缕 (qiānsīwànlǚ)
寸縷 / 寸缕
析縷分條 / 析缕分条
條分縷晰 / 条分缕晰
條分縷析 / 条分缕析 (tiáofēnlǚxī)
毛舉縷析 / 毛举缕析
毫分縷析 / 毫分缕析
萬縷千絲 / 万缕千丝
篳路藍縷 / 筚路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
細縷 / 细缕
細針密縷 / 细针密缕
結縷草 / 结缕草
縷析 / 缕析 (lǚxī)
縷當 / 缕当
縷細 / 缕细
縷縷 / 缕缕
縷衣 / 缕衣
縷解 / 缕解
縷述 / 缕述
羅縷 / 罗缕 (luólǚ)
蓽路藍縷 / 荜路蓝缕 (bìlùlánlǚ)
藍縷 / 蓝缕 (lánlǚ)
衣冠藍縷 / 衣冠蓝缕
襤縷 / 褴缕 (lánlǚ)
覶縷 / 𰴝缕
身無寸縷 / 身无寸缕
金縷玉衣 / 金缕玉衣 (jīnlǚyùyī)
金縷衣 / 金缕衣 (jīnlǚyī)
長命縷 / 长命缕

References

“縷”, 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–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𫃵
Print standard	縷

Kanji

縷

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫃵)

thread

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)^{←る (ru, historical)}
Kan-on: る (ru)^{←る (ru, historical)}、ろう (rō)^{←ろう (rou, historical)}
Kun: いと (ito, 縷)

Compounds

縷(る)衣(い) (rui)
縷(る)解(かい) (rukai)
縷(る)膾(かい) (rukai)
縷(る)挙(きょ) (rukyo)
縷(る)金(きん) (rukin)
縷(る)言(げん) (rugen)
縷(る)細(さい) (rusai)
縷(る)綵(さい) (rusai)
縷(る)述(じゅつ) (rujutsu)
縷(る)析(せき) (ruseki)
縷(る)切(せつ) (rusetsu)
縷(る)説(せつ) (rusetsu)
縷(る)陳(ちん) (ruchin)
縷(る)綿(めん) (rumen)
縷(る)絡(らく) (ruraku)
縷(る)縷(る) (ruru)
衣(い)縷(る) (iru)
一(いち)縷(る) (ichiru)
煙(えん)縷(る) (enru)
金(きん)縷(る) (kinru)
細(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
綵(さい)縷(る) (sairu)
糸(し)縷(る) (shiru)
絮縷
鍼(しん)縷(る) (shinru)
千(せん)縷(る) (senru)
線(せん)縷(る) (senru)
繊(せん)縷(る) (senru)
帛(はく)縷(る) (hakuru)
繁縷(はこべ) (hakobe), 繁縷(はこべら) (hakobera): chickweed
万(ばん)縷(る) (banru)
微(び)縷(る) (biru)
布(ふ)縷(る) (furu)
羅(ら)縷(る), 覶(ら)縷(る) (raru)
藍(らん)縷(る), 襤(らん)縷(る) (ranru) (藍(らん)蔞(る))
柳(りゅう)縷(る) (ryūru)

References

白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “縷”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

縷: Hán Nôm readings: lũ, lụa, lũ, lú, lẫu

silk thread (see lụa)
silky (see lụa)