Character: 婁
Modern (Beijing) reading: lóu
Preclassic Old Chinese: ro
Classic Old Chinese: ro
Western Han Chinese: rwa
Eastern Han Chinese: rwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwo
Middle Chinese: lü
English meaning : to drag, trail
Russian meaning[s]: 1) Лоу (название созвездия, часть созвездия Овна); 2) Лоу (фамилия)
Comments: = 摟 q.v. Also read *r(h)ō, MC lʌw, Pek. lóu 'empty'. Since LZ borrowed for several other words: *r(h)oʔ (MC lǘ, Pek. lǚ) 'bind, connect'; *r(h)ō 'name of a constellation; in heat (e. g. swine); *r(h)ō, *r(h)ōʔ 'mound, hillock'.
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 8806
Karlgren code: 0123 a
