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偻

lóu

Character Traditional 僂

What 偻 means

1. used in {佝偻|gōu lóu}
2. used in {偻㑩|lóu luo}

Other readings

偻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lǚcrookbacked

Words starting with 偻

• 偻㑩lóu luovariant of 喽啰

Words containing 偻

• 佝偻gōu lóustooped; hunched over
• 佝偻病gōu lóu bìng(medicine) rickets

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 髅lóuused in 髑髅
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 篓lǒubasket
• 蝼lóusee 蝼蛄

Characters that look like 偻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 惨cǎnmiserable; wretched; cruel
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 倭wōdwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
• 诿wěito shirk; to give excuses
• 傣DǎiDai ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read lóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 楼house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 喽(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 髅used in 髑髅
• 耧drill for sowing grain
• 蒌Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel
• 剅(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out…
• 娄surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 蝼see 蝼蛄
• 溇see 溇水