懂中文 Dong Chinese

驴

lǘ

donkey

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驢.

Components
马 meaning component

马  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

户 sound component

户  Sound component

hù

  

door

Evolution

驴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
驴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
驴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
驴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

驴 (驢) 

lǘ

donkey, ass; donkey; CL:頭|头[tóu]

驴 (馿) 

lǘ

variant of 驢|驴[lǘ]

Most common words with 驴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驴

donkey

驴子

ass

蠢驴

silly ass

毛驴

donkey

黔驴技穷

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)