懂中文 Dong Chinese

盧

lú

rice vessel

Original meaning: 

stove

Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. In modern Mandarin this character is usually only used for its sound in foreign loan words.

Components
虍 sound component

虍  Sound component

hū

  

tiger

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a stove. Unrelated to 田.

皿 meaning component

皿  Meaning component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

盧 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
盧 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
盧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

卢 (盧) 

lú

cottage, hut; surname; black; (old) rice vessel; old variant of 廬|庐[lú]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy

卢 (盧) 

Lú

surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lú​sēn​bǎo]

Most common words with 盧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卢

black

卢卡斯

Lucas (name)

卢布

ruble (Russian currency) (loanword)

卢武铉

Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008

卢比

rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)

Component uses

Sound component in 12 characters (2 verified)

膚 爐 鑪 蘆 驢 廬 顱 鱸 鸕 臚 瀘 轤

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

膚