■ radical

lú

cottage

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound, and the remainder of the character is a pictograph of a vessel for cooking rice.

虍

sound

tiger — 虍 is a component form of 虎. The pronunciation of 盧 was similar to 虎 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

◎

iconic

characterless component — Depicts a pot full of rice.

皿

meaning

dish; vessel

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 盧 as a component, most common first.

顱lúskull 蘆lúrushes 驢lǘdonkey 廬lúhut 鑪lúfireplace 鱸lúperch

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