U+560D "嘍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
嘍
U+560D "嘍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in traditional Chinese and Classical Chinese texts, where it functions as a phonetic or semantic component often associated with noise, shouting, or an exclamatory sound. In modern usage, it is most commonly encountered in the phrase "嘍囉" (lóuluó), which refers to a follower, underling, or henchman, typically in a martial or criminal context. The character carries the radical "口" (mouth), indicating its connection to speech or sound, and its pronunciation varies between lóu and lou depending on regional dialects and specific contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+560D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 嘍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 嘍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x98 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x560D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000560D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u560d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9C6 |
| kCCCII | 213731 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-682E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-682E |
| kCangjie | RLWV |
| kCantonese | lau4 |
| kCihaiT | 289.601 |
| kCowles | 2244 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0428.080 |
| kDefinition | used in onomatopoetic expressions |
| kEACC | 213731 |
| kFanqie | 落侯 郎斗 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6504.4 |
| kGB1 | 6422 |
| kHangul | 루:1N |
| kHanYu | 10676.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | lou(46) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10676.060:lǒu,lóu,lou |
| kHKGlyph | 0669 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0428.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10676.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0205.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-6036 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9C6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-362D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3A82 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5F41 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-682E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4F71 |
| kJapanese | ロウ ル |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | URUSAISAAMA MIDARERU |
| kJapaneseOn | ROU RU |
| kJis1 | 2213 |
| kKangXi | 0205.140 |
| kKorean | LWU |
| kMandarin | lóu |
| kMatthews | 4139 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1494a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008588 |
| kMorohashi | 04183 |
| kPhonetic | 780 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19256+30.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.11 |
| kSBGY | 213.34 327.21 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8B31<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "喽" U+55BD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 115.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | lou粵lau1 lóu粵lau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 8182 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kVietnamese | làu |
| kXerox | 266:334 |
| kXHC1983 | 0734.021:lóu 0735.051:lou |