Read Edit View history Discussion 婁 lóulǚ surname Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two hands holding a woman's (女) waist. Based on the original meaning "hug", now written as 摟. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 娄 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts two hands holding a waist. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 婁 Simp strokes 婁 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a woman. 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467 230 Z", "M 643 252 Q 612 283 578 278 Q 565 275 570 260 Q 573 253 575 243 L 574 212 Q 573 188 557 158 Q 541 116 516 85 L 487 52 Q 406 -17 245 -48 Q 226 -55 247 -59 Q 373 -84 479 -21 Q 513 0 539 30 L 569 70 Q 600 113 620 164 Q 635 203 647 216 C 661 236 661 236 643 252 Z", "M 647 216 Q 689 217 937 218 Q 956 218 962 227 Q 969 239 951 253 Q 897 295 859 287 Q 771 271 643 252 L 575 243 Q 529 240 467 230 L 411 224 Q 255 208 81 191 Q 59 190 75 171 Q 90 156 108 150 Q 130 144 147 149 Q 267 180 402 195 L 454 201 Q 508 208 574 212 L 647 216 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.