Dong Chinese dictionary

lù

road

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú, jù

foot

各 Sound component

gè

each

路 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.路 /*Cə.rˤak-s/
各 /*kˤak/

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lù

road, path, street; journey; road; CL:條|条[tiáo]; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind

Lù

surname Lu

Most common words with 路

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

Sources