lù
heron
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鷺
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
heron | ||
(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) | ||
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4451st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 24 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9DFA |
Shuowen | “鷺,白鷺也。从鳥,路聲。” |
Sources
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