lù
blessing
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 祿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
good fortune | ||
official's salary (in feudal times) | ||
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune | ||
An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763) | ||
high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤok | luwk | lù | blessing |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2381st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+797F |
Shuowen | “祿，福也。从示，彔聲。” |
Sources
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