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虜

lǔ

to capture

Phonosemantic compound. 男 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components
男 meaning component

男  Meaning component

nán

  

male

虍 sound component

虍  Sound component

hū

  

tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Evolution

虜 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
虜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
虜 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
虜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

虏 (虜) 

lǔ

to capture, imprison, seize; a prison; prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave

Most common words with 虜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

俘虏

captive

虏

to capture

虏获

capture (people)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

擄

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

擄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.rˤaʔ

luX

lǔ

captive; imprison


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.1464% of movies

2833rd most common character in movies

2475th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

虏

Unicode

U+865C

Shuowen

“虜，獲也。从毌，从力，虍聲。”


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