Chinese Character Wiki
婁

lóu

surname

Original meaning: 

hug

Depicts two hands holding a woman's (女) waist. Based on the original meaning "hug", now written as 摟. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts two hands holding a waist.

女 iconic component

女  Iconic component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

Depicts a woman.

Evolution

婁 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
婁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
婁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
婁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

娄 (婁) 

lóu

surname; a constellation; to wear

娄 (婁) 

Lóu

surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

Most common words with 婁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

娄

surname Lou

娄子

trouble

娄底

Loudi prefecture-level city in Hunan

娄底市

Loudi prefecture-level city in Hunan

捅娄子

to make a mess of sth

Component uses

Sound component in 11 characters (3 verified)

數 樓 摟 屢 縷 嘍 褸 僂 螻 屨 瞜

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]o

lju

lóu

drag, trail (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4052nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

娄

Unicode

U+5A41

Shuowen

“婁，空也。从母中女，空之意也。一曰婁務也。，古文。”


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