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ろう U+5ECA, 廊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECA
れん
[U+5EC9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5ECB]

ろう U+F928, 廊
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F928

[U+F927]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs ろう
[U+F929]
廊 U+2F88E, 廊
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F88E
庶
[U+2F88D]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𪎒
[U+2F88F]

Translingual

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Han character

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ろう (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input ほこほこほこちゅう (IIIL), four-corner 00227, composition 广ろう(GHTJ) or 广ろう(KV))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9437
  • Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5ECA

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
ろう

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character ろう
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *raːŋ) : semantic 广 + phonetic ろう (OC *raːŋ).

りょう may be the original form of this character, see there for more.

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character ろう
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) (37)
Final (いん) とう (101)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) I
Fanqie とうきり
Baxter lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/laŋ/
Li
Rong
/lɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/lɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
long4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ろう
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
láng
Middle
Chinese
‹ lang ›
Old
Chinese
/*[r]ˁaŋ/
English side-gallery

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 ろう
Reading # 1/1
No. 8030
Phonetic
component
りょう
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
ろう
Old
Chinese
/*raːŋ/
Notes りょうてん

Definitions

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ろう

  1. covered corridor
  2. porch; veranda

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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ろう

  1. (Singapore Hokkien) workshop; atelier (place where goods are made or repaired)
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Shinjitai ろう
Kyūjitai
[1]

ろう
&#xF928;
or
ろう+&#xFE00;?
 
ろう󠄁
ろう+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
ろう󠄄
ろう+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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ろう

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form ろう)

  1. corridor, passage

Readings

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  • Go-on: ろう (, Jōyō)らう (rau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ろう (, Jōyō)らう (rau, historical)
  • Kun: わたどの (watadono, ろう)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ろう
ろう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
ろう (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese ろう (MC lang, “side-gallery”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ろう(ろう) (

  1. corridor

References

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  1. ^ ろう”, in 漢字かんじぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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ろう (eumhun 복도 (bokdo rang), word-initial (South Korea) 복도 (bokdo nang))

  1. hanja form? of / (corridor, porch, veranda)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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ろう: Hán Nôm readings: lang, láng, làng, sang

  1. village

Usage notes

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  • Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for village is làng.
  • This character only means village in Vietnamese chữ Nôm. In Chinese, this character has a different meaning. The Chinese word for village is むら.