彔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

lù

to carve wood

windlass

Depicts the top part of a water well used to raise and lower a bucket of water. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts the top part of a well used to raise and lower the bucket of water.

水 Iconic component

shuǐ

water

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lù

to carve wood

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (3 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*pə.rˤok	luwk	lù	carve wood (Shuōwén)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

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