lòu

narrow

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

village

乚 unknown component

  Unknown component

yǐn

  

turning stroke

丙 unknown component

  Unknown component

bǐng

  

third

Evolution

陋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
陋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

lòu

narrow; crude, coarse; ugly; low; humble; plain; mean; vulgar

Most common words with 陋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丑陋

ugly

简陋

simple and crude

陋习

bad habits

孤陋寡闻

ignorant and inexperienced

low

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤo-s

luwH

lòu

narrow; base (adj.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.1028% of movies

2402nd most common character in movies

2660th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+964B

Shuowen

“,阨陜也。”


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