栝樓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (栝樓)		栝	樓
simp. (栝楼)		栝	楼
alternative forms		栝蔞／栝蒌葀蔞／葀蒌䒷蔞／䒷蒌𦸈𧁾𦧔𤬏／𦧔𱰆栝蔞／栝蒌葀蔞／葀蒌䒷蔞／䒷蒌𦸈𧁾𦧔𤬏／𦧔𱰆𤫱𤬏／𤫱𱰆瓜𤬏／瓜𱰆瓜蔞／瓜蒌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guālóu

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kut³ lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guālóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄌㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gualóu
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-lou²
  - Yale: gwā-lóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gualou
  - Palladius: гуалоу (gualou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ loʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kut³ lau⁴
  - Yale: kut làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kut⁸ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kud³ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːt̚³ lɐu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: kwat luw

Rime
Character	栝	樓
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	末 (64)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古活切	落侯切
Baxter	kwat	luw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑt̚/	/ləu/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑt̚/	/ləu/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑt̚/	/ləu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwat̚/	/ləw/
Li Rong	/kuɑt̚/	/lu/
Wang Li	/kuɑt̚/	/ləu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑt̚/	/lə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guo	lóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gut³	lau⁴

Noun

栝樓

(botany) Chinese snake gourd (Trichosanthes kirilowii)

Synonyms

(ancient) 果臝／果裸 (guǒluǒ)