salt

Simplified form of . Depicts a container used for for salt extraction.

Evolution

卤 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
卤 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
卤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

saline soil; natural salt, rock; alkaline soil; salt; brine; halogen (chemistry); crass; stupid

() 

to stew in soy sauce and spices

Most common words with 卤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

salt

卤莽

hot-headed

卤水

brine

卤素

halogen (chemistry)

卤肉

stewed meat

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3747th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+5364

Shuowen

“西,鳥在巢上,象形。日在西方而鳥棲,故因以為東西之西。”


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