lòu

carve

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

metal

娄 sound component

  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

镂 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
镂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
镂 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
镂 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
镂 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lòu

carve, inlay, engrave, tattoo; to engrave; to carve; hard steel

Most common words with 镂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

镂空

openwork

to engrave

镂刻

to carve

镌镂

to engrave

铭心镂骨

undying gratitude

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4301st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Traditional

Unicode

U+9542


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