懂中文 Dong Chinese

鷺

lù

heron

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.

Components
鳥 meaning component

鳥  Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

  

bird

路 sound component

路  Sound component

lù

  

road

Evolution

鷺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鷺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鹭 (鷺) 

lù

heron, egret; Ardea species (various); heron

Most common words with 鷺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鹭

heron

白鹭

(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)

苍鹭

(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)