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偻

僂
lóu / lǚ
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 佝偻) hunchbacked; bent-backed

Examples

HSK 7-9
小时候缺钙和维生素D会造成佝偻病。
Xiǎoshíhou quē gài hé wéishēngsù D huì zàochéng gōulóubìng.
Lacking calcium and vitamin D in childhood can cause rickets.
HSK 7-9
他佝偻着腰走路。
Tā gōulóu zhe yāo zǒulù.
He was hunchbacked, walking with his back bowed.

Tips

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.

Components

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.

Stroke Order

偻 lóu