lù
copy, write down
Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 錄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to record | ||
diary | ||
to videotape | ||
to record | ||
to admit (a student) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ok | ljowk | lù | inscribe, record |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 58.0330% of movies
565th most common character in movies
919th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9304 |
Shuowen | “錄，金色也。从金，彔聲。” |
Sources
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