偻 (lóu): (in 佝偻) hunchbacked; bent-backed

Meanings

小时候缺钙和维生素D会造成佝偻病。

Xiǎoshíhou quē gài hé wéishēngsù D huì zàochéng gōu lóu bìng.

Lacking calcium and vitamin D in childhood can cause rickets.

他佝偻着腰走路。

Tā gōu lóu zhe yāo zǒulù.

He was hunchbacked, walking with his back bowed.

usage

Read lóu only inside 佝偻 ('hunchbacked') and 佝偻病 ('rickets'). For the literary 'to stoop / bow the body' sense, the same character is read lǚ.

radical

亻 rén

person

The person radical, a side form of 人. It frames 偻 as a word about the human body, here a bent or hunched back.

phonetic

娄 lóu

to drag; empty

Gives the sound lóu. The same phonetic appears in a family of lóu/lǚ-sounding characters such as 楼 and 搂.

偻 lóu