Hanja Analyzer
褸

褸 — ru

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
남루할 루
Romanization
ru
English
lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare
Mandarin
lǚ
Japanese on'yomi
ル, ロウ
Japanese kun'yomi
いと
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Radical
衣 (145, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
婁(루)
Unicode
U+8938

Parts that make up 褸

  • 衤 옷 의variant of 衣 여민 옷깃옷과 옷을 입는 일. 왼쪽에서 衤 로 쓴다
  • 婁 끌 루sound 본래 뜻이 분명하지 않다‘루’ 계열의 소리

How 褸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 褸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 婁.

Korean example words with 褸

  • 남루하다襤褸 Korean gloss: 옷 따위가 낡아 해지고 차림새가 너저분하다
  • 남루히襤褸히 Korean gloss: 옷 따위가 낡아 해지고 차림새가 너저분하게.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 褸

  • 襤褸ぼろ rag; old cloth; tattered clothes
  • 襤褸糞ボロクソ worthless; shit; disparaging
  • 襤褸滓ボロカス harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value
  • 襤褸いぼろい worn-out; run-down; beat-up
  • 野襤褸菊のぼろぎく common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
  • 襤褸っちいぼろっちい worn-out; run-down; beat-up
  • 段戸襤褸菊だんどぼろぎく fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort
  • 紅花襤褸菊べにばなぼろぎく red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf
  • 襤褸団扇船喰虫ぼろうちわふなくいむし Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)

Characters sharing the phonetic 婁

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “루” in Korean.

Other hanja read “루”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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