lú
rice vessel
Original meaning:
stove
Simplified form of 盧. Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. In modern Mandarin this character is usually only used for its sound in foreign loan words.
Components
Evolution
![卢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 卢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A7_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![卢 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC) 卢 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A7_3.png)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)![卢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 卢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A7_8.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![卢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 卢 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A7_12.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 卢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
black | ||
Lucas (name) | ||
ruble (Russian currency) (loanword) | ||
Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008 | ||
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword) |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
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