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婁

婁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 牛をつなぐ。
  2. しばしば。
  3. 二十八宿中の星の名。
  4. 衣服を着る。
  5. 鏤める。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。女性を引き上げるさまを象り、金文で音符「角」を加える。「ひく」「ひっぱる」を意味する漢語｛摟｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

frequently, tie

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ル
  • ロウ
Kun (native)
  • つな(ぐ)
  • ひ(く)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ろ
Other languages
  • 拼音lou2
  • 拼音lu:3
  • 한글ru
  • Hán-ViệtLâu
  • Hán-ViệtLũ
  • Hán-ViệtLu

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5A41

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿻[:-1]丨⿱⿻口一口女

Words using this kanji

  • 婁ろう牛をつなぐ。 しばしば。 二十八宿中の星の名。Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-3
Four Corner
5040.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e8.8
Nelson
1229