lú
hut
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 廬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi | ||
novice | ||
hut | ||
Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州[Hángzhōu], Zhejiang | ||
Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州[Hángzhōu], Zhejiang |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]a | ljo | lú | hut; inn; to lodge |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2927th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5EEC |
Shuowen | “廬,寄也。秋冬去,春夏居。从广,盧聲。” |
Sources
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