嫪

嫪 · lào

hanker

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lào
Cantonese
lou6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

hanker

Dictionary definitions & readings

嫪 Lào · surname Lao

嫪 lào · longing (unrequited passion)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21078.150:lào,láo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0683.020:lào Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
211.160:lào Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lào粵lou6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ロウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
魯刀 郎到 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VSMH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4742.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0270.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
155.48 418.02 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5AEA
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7745

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
嫪
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
law · 魯刀 · 效開一平豪來 · #708
Middle Chinese
lawH · 郎到 · 效開一去豪來 · #2812

PHONO-ML, source line 5757; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
391.203
kDaeJaweon
0538.090
kHanYu
21078.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
0538.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21078.150
kIRGKangXi
0270.130
kKangXi
0270.130
kKarlgren
546
kMatthews
3837
kMeyerWempe
1634a
kMorohashi
06669
kSBGY
155.48 418.02
kSMSZD2003Index
161.01
kCangjie
VSMH
kFourCornerCode
4742.2
kMojiJoho
MJ009942
kPhonetic
819
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G3-3D53
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E16F
kIRG_JSource
J1-3A29
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3DC0
kIRG_KSource
K2-2D37
kIRG_TSource
T2-4956
kRSUnicode
38.11
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E16F
kCCCII
217C72
kCNS1986
2-4956
kCNS1992
2-4956
kEACC
217C72
kGB3
2951
kGB8
9129
kJis1
2609
kMainlandTelegraph
1283
kTGH
2013:7745
kTaiwanTelegraph
1283
kXerox
302:302
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19315+38.3.11
kCantonese
lou6
kDefinition
hanker
kFanqie
魯刀 郎到
kHanyuPinyin
21078.150:lào,láo
kJapanese
ロウ
kJapaneseKun
KOHISHITAHU NAYAMU
kJapaneseOn
RAU ROU
kMandarin
lào
kSMSZD2003Readings
lào粵lou6
kTGHZ2013
211.160:lào
kTang
lɑ̀u
kXHC1983
0683.020:lào

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 嫪0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 翏 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女翏$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女翏$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.