lòu
to leak
Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋). Original form of 漏.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5C5A |
Shuowen | “屚，屋穿水下也。从雨在尸下，尸者，屋也。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.1025
許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
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