嘍

See also: 喽

嘍 U 560D, 嘍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560D ← 嘌 [U 560C] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘎 → [U 560E]

Translingual

Han character

嘍 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口中中女 (RLLV), four-corner 6504₄, composition ⿰口婁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4183
• Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 676, character 6
• Unihan data for U 560D

Chinese

trad.		嘍
simp.		喽

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǒu (lou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lou³
    • Yale: lǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: luwX

Rime
Character	嘍
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎斗切
Baxter	luwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ləuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ləuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwX/
Li Rong	/luX/
Wang Li	/ləuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘍
Reading #	2/2
No.	8475
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	塿
Old Chinese	/*roːʔ/

Definitions

嘍

1. Used in 嗹嘍／𪡏喽.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ / lu¹ / lo⁷

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ / lu¹ / lo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû / lu / lō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵/, /lu³³/, /lo¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: luw

Rime
Character	嘍
Reading #	1/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘍
Reading #	1/2
No.	8465
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樓
Old Chinese	/*roː/

Definitions

嘍

1. Used in 嘍囉／喽啰 (lóuluó).
2. Used in 吐嘍／吐喽.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lou (lou⁵／lou⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lou
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: lou⁵
    • Yale: lou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .lou
    • Palladius: лоу (lou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau¹
    • Yale: lāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo͘
    • Tâi-lô: loo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴⁴/

Definitions

嘍

1. Alternative pronunciation of the particle 了.

   你們收拾收拾，準備吃飯嘍。 [MSC, trad.]
   你们收拾收拾，准备吃饭喽。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐmen shōushi shōushi, zhǔnbèi chīfàn lou. [Pinyin]

   Pack up you lot and get ready to eat.

Etymology 4

Definitions

嘍

1. Used in 哈嘍／哈喽 (hālou, “Hello”).

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau³
    • Yale: lau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯³³/

Definitions

嘍

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 摟／搂 (lau3)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00669

Japanese

Kanji

嘍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ろう (rō)、る (ru)
• Kun: うるさいさま (urusaisama)、みだれる (midareru)

Korean

Hanja

嘍 (eum 루 (ru))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘍: Hán Nôm readings: lâu, làu

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