blessing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of 祿.

Components
礻 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

is a component form of .

录 sound component

  Sound component

  

copy

Evolution

禄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
禄 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
禄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
禄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

(祿) 

blessing, happiness, prosperity; good fortune; official salary

Most common words with 禄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

good fortune

俸禄

official's salary (in feudal times)

功名利禄

position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune

安禄山

An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763)

高官厚禄

high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2381st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+7984


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