Dong Chinese dictionary

lǔ

foolish, rude

tasty

Depicts a fish (魚) inside the mouth (甘). Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

yú

fish

甘 Iconic component

gān

sweetness

Depicts something inside the mouth.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lǔ

foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar; (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

Lǔ

surname Lu; Lu, ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lǔguó]; Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shāndōng]

Most common words with 魯

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鲁	surname Lu
	鲁迅	Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
	粗鲁	coarse
	秘鲁	Peru
	乌鲁木齐	Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區\|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sources