be concerned

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
虍 sound component

  Sound component

  

tiger

is a component form of .

思 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

think

Evolution

慮 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
慮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
慮 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
慮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

be concerned, worry about; to think over; to consider; anxiety

Most common words with 慮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

考虑

to think over

焦虑

anxious

忧虑

to worry

顾虑

misgivings

疑虑

hesitation

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]a-s

ljoH

think, consider


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 54.8614% of movies

806th most common character in movies

901st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+616E

Shuowen

“慮,謀思也。从思,虍聲。”


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