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录

lù

copy

Simplified form of 錄. Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound. The traditional component 金 was removed for simplification.

Components
金 deleted component

金  Deleted component

jīn

  

metal

The traditional component 金 was removed for simplification.

彔 sound,simplified component

彔  Sound Simplified component

lù

  

to carve wood

Evolution

录 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
录 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
录 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
录 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

录 (錄) 

lù

copy, write down, record; diary; record; to hit; to copy

录 (錄) 

Lù

surname Lu

Most common words with 录
Freq.
Word
Meaning

记录

to record

录

diary

录像

to videotape

纪录

to record

录取

to admit (a student)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

箓 録

Sound component in 9 characters (1 verified)

绿 剥 禄 碌 氯 箓 渌 逯 録

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 58.0330% of movies

565th most common character in movies

919th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

錄

Unicode

U+5F55

Shuowen

“彔，刻木彔彔也。象形。”


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