lǔ
salt
Simplified form of 鹵. Depicts a container used for for salt extraction.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3747th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5364 |
Shuowen | “西,鳥在巢上,象形。日在西方而鳥棲,故因以為東西之西。” |
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