루

• IPA^(key)[ɾu]
• Phonetic Hangul[루]

루 • (ru)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄹ and ㅜ.

Sino-Korean word from 壘

루 • (ru) (hanja 壘)

1. rampart, military wall
2. baseball base

• 누의공과 (壘의空過, nuuigonggwa)
• 일루 (一壘, illu)
• 이루 (二壘, iru)
• 삼루 (三壘, samnu)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

루 (ru)

1. 屢:

   (MC reading: 屢 (MC lɨo^H))

2. 樓:

   (MC reading: 樓 (MC ləu))

3. 累:

   (MC reading: 累 (MC liuᴇ^X, liuᴇ^H))

4. 淚:

   (MC reading: 淚 (MC liuɪ^H))

5. 漏:

   (MC reading: 漏 (MC ləu^H))

6. 壘:

   (MC reading: 壘 (MC liuɪ^X))

7. 婁:

   (MC reading: 婁 (MC lɨo, ləu))

8. 瘻:

   (MC reading: 瘻 (MC lɨo, ləu^H))

9. 縷:

   (MC reading: 縷 (MC lɨo^X))

10. 蔞:

    (MC reading: 蔞 (MC lɨo, ləu, lɨo^X))

11. 褸:

    (MC reading: 褸 (MC ləu, lɨo^X))

12. 鏤:

    (MC reading: 鏤 (MC lɨo, ləu^H))

13. 陋:

    (MC reading: 陋 (MC ləu^H))

14. 慺:

    (MC reading: 慺 (MC lɨo, ləu, lɨo^X))

15. 嶁:

    (MC reading: 嶁 (MC lɨo^X, ləu^X))

16. 耬:

    (MC reading: 耬 (MC ləu))

17. 熡:

    (MC reading: 熡)

18. 僂:

    (MC reading: 僂 (MC ləu, lɨo^X, ləu^H))

19. 嘍:

    (MC reading: 嘍 (MC ləu, ləu^X))

20. 螻:

    (MC reading: 螻 (MC ləu))

21. 髏:

    (MC reading: 髏 (MC ləu))

• 노 (no) (South Korea)

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 노 (no) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 루 (ru) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).