櫓

See also: 橹

櫓	U+6AD3, 櫓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AD3

← 櫒
[U+6AD2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

櫔 →
[U+6AD4]

櫓	U+F931, 櫓 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F931

← 擄
[U+F930]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

爐 →
[U+F932]

Translingual

Han character

櫓 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木弓田日 (DNWA), four-corner 4796₃, composition ⿰木魯)

scull, sweep, oar
to row
lookout turret on a city wall, movable wooden tower for archers

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 560, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15798
Dae Jaweon: page 949, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1315, character 2
Unihan data for U+6AD3

Unihan data for U+F931

Chinese

trad.		櫓
simp.		橹
alternative forms		樐艪艣／𫇛㯭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (魯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
魯	*raːʔ
櫓	*raːʔ
穭	*raʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːʔ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǔ (lu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lu³
  - Yale: lǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luu
  - Palladius: лу (lu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁵
  - Yale: lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘
  - Tâi-lô: lóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lor
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lu
  - MiniDict: lu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu²³/

Middle Chinese: luX

Rime
Character	櫓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	郎古切
Baxter	luX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/luo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɔ^X/
Li Rong	/lo^X/
Wang Li	/lu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lou⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤaʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	櫓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ lu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁaʔ/
English	shield (n.)
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	櫓
Reading #	1/1
No.	8526
Phonetic component	魯
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	魯
Old Chinese	/*raːʔ/

Definitions

櫓

scull
large shield

Compounds

干櫓
搖櫓 / 摇橹 (yáolǔ)
樓櫓 / 楼橹
檣櫓 / 樯橹
櫓帆船 / 橹帆船
櫓棹
櫓槳 / 橹桨
烽櫓 / 烽橹
譙櫓 / 谯橹
轒櫓 / 𮝷橹

Japanese

Kanji

櫓

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: る (ru)
Kan-on: ろ (ro)
Kun: おおだて (ōdate, 櫓)、やぐら (yagura, 櫓)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
櫓
やぐら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 矢 (ya, “arrow”) and 倉 (kura, “storehouse”). See also 矢倉 (yagura).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) やぐら [yàgúrá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

櫓(やぐら) • (yagura)

watchtower, turret
the wooden frame of a kotatsu, in which the heat source is housed
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 23, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 上先生と私 [Sensei and I]:
  二人(ふたり)とも無精(ぶしょう)な性質(せいしつ)なので、炬燵(こたつ)にあたったまま、[将碁(しょうぎ)]盤(ばん)を櫓(やぐら)の上(うえ)へ載(の)せて、駒(こま)を動(うご)かすたびに、わざわざ手(て)を掛蒲団(かけぶとん)の下(した)から出(だ)すような事(こと)をした。
  Futari tomo bushō na seishitsu na no de, kotatsu ni atatta mama, [shōgi]ban o yagura no ue e nosete, koma o ugokasu tabi ni, wazawaza te o kakebuton no shita kara dasu yō na koto o shita.
  As we were both quite lazy, we sat at the kotatsu, with the [shōgi] board atop the yagura, and every time we moved a piece we'd have to reach a hand out from under the blanket.

Derived terms

櫓落(やぐらおと)し (yaguraotoshi)
櫓苔(ヤグラゴケ) (yaguragoke)
櫓炬燵(やぐらこたつ) (yagurakotatsu)
櫓時計(やぐらどけい) (yaguradokei)
櫓貫(やぐらぬき) (yaguranuki)
櫓葱(やぐらねぎ) (yaguranegi)
櫓船(やぐらぶね) (yagurabune)
櫓幕(やぐらまく) (yaguramaku)
櫓物(やぐらもの) (yaguramono)
貝櫓(かいやぐら) (kaiyagura)
代(か)え櫓(やぐら) (kaeyagura)
舁櫓(かきやぐら) (kakiyagura)
首櫓(くびやぐら) (kubiyagura)
炬燵櫓(こたつやぐら) (kotatsuyagura)
笹櫓(ささやぐら) (sasayagura)
隅櫓(すみやぐら) (sumiyagura)
太鼓櫓(たいこやぐら) (taikoyagura)
高櫓(たかやぐら) (takayagura)
花櫓(はなやぐら) (hanayagura)
控(ひか)え櫓(やぐら) (hikaeyagura)
船櫓(ふなやぐら) (funayagura)
物見櫓(ものみやぐら) (monomiyagura)
門櫓(もんやぐら) (mon'yagura)
渡(わた)り櫓(やぐら) (watariyagura)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
櫓
ろ Jinmeiyō
kan'on

Noun

櫓(ろ) • (ro)

(nautical) scull

Derived terms

櫓脚(ろあし) (roashi)
櫓腕(ろうで) (rōde)
櫓櫂(ろかい) (rokai)
櫓舵(ろかじ) (rokaji)
櫓杭(ろぐい) (rogui)
櫓声(ろせい) (rosei)
櫓柄(ろづか) (rozuka)
櫓柄(ろづく) (rozuku)
櫓綱(ろづな) (rozuna)
櫓床(ろどく) (rodoku)
櫓縄(ろなわ) (ronawa)
櫓羽(ろば) (roba)
逆櫓(さかろ) (sakaro)
柔櫓(じゅうろ) (jūro)
脇櫓(わきろ) (wakiro)

References

“^▲櫓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

櫓 (eumhun 방패 로 (bangpae ro), word-initial (South Korea) 방패 노 (bangpae no))

hanja form^? of 로 (“(North Korea) oar”)
hanja form^? of 노 (“(South Korea) oar”)

Vietnamese

Han character

櫓: Hán Nôm readings: lỗ

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