懂中文 Dong Chinese

櫓

lǔ

oar

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 魯 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

魯 sound component

魯  Sound component

lǔ

  

foolish, rude

Evolution

櫓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
櫓 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
櫓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
櫓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

橹 (櫓) 

lǔ

oar, scull; row; scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat) (free word)