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露

lù, lòu

dew

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.

Components
雨 meaning component

雨  Meaning component

yǔ, yù

  

rain

路 sound component

路  Sound component

lù

  

road

Evolution

露 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

露  

lù

dew; bare, open, exposed; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover)

露  

Lù

surname Lu

露  

lòu

to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose

Most common words with 露
Freq.
Word
Meaning

透露

to leak out

露

dew

暴露

to expose

露出

to expose

披露

to reveal

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p.rˤak-s

luH

lù

dew; disclose


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 42.9601% of movies

914th most common character in movies

841st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+9732

Shuowen

“露，潤澤也。从雨，路聲。”


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