摟
lǒulōu HSK7

hug

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroː
ro

說文解字

《說文》：“摟，曳聚也。从手，婁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

搂 lǒu hug Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 摟.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode