剅

剅 · lóu

mouth of a stream; waterway beneath a dam

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lóu
Cantonese
lau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mouth of a stream; waterway beneath a dam

Dictionary definitions & readings

剅 lóu · (dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out; small channel across a river embankment; (used in place names); Taiwan pr. dōu

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10340.010:dōu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0734.060:lóu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
231.020:lóu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
lóu粵lau4 dōu粵dau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ロウ ル トウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
落侯 當侯 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XMTLN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1210.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0139.280 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
213.32 215.19 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5245
Radical
刀 · 18
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6805

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
luw · 落侯 · 流開一平侯來 · #1020
Middle Chinese
tuw · 當侯 · 流開一平侯端 · #1029

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
0317.060
kHanYu
10340.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0317.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10340.010
kIRGKangXi
0139.280
kKangXi
0139.280
kMorohashi
01991
kSBGY
213.32 215.19
kSMSZD2003Index
61.04 659.01
kCangjie
XMTLN
kFourCornerCode
1210.0
kMojiJoho
MJ007522
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G3-6E40
kIRG_JSource
J1-333E
kIRG_KSource
K2-2468
kIRG_TSource
T3-2B3F
kRSUnicode
18.7
kTotalStrokes
9
kCCCII
216B3F
kCNS1986
E-2B3F
kCNS1992
3-2B3F
kGB3
7832
kGB8
9459
kJis1
1930
kMainlandTelegraph
0499
kTGH
2013:6805
kTaiwanTelegraph
0499
kXerox
310:301
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+21193+18.2.7 C+21193+151.7.2
kCantonese
lau4
kDefinition
mouth of a stream; waterway beneath a dam
kFanqie
落侯 當侯
kHanyuPinyin
10340.010:dōu
kJapanese
ロウ ル トウ
kJapaneseKun
SAKU SAKERU
kJapaneseOn
ROU RU TOU TSU
kMandarin
lóu
kSMSZD2003Readings
lóu粵lau4 dōu粵dau1
kTGHZ2013
231.020:lóu
kXHC1983
0734.060:lóu

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 剅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
豆 beside 刂 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰豆刂$(GTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰豆刂$(GTJK)

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