卢

盧
Lú
noun #4,975

Meanings

  1. 1 Lu (surname)
  2. 2 Lou

Examples

HSK 1
Lú xiānsheng shì wǒmen de lǎoshī.
Mr. Lu is our teacher.
HSK 1
Nǐ rènshi Lú yīshēng ma?
Do you know Dr. Lu?

Tips

culture
卢 is a common Chinese surname. The traditional form 盧 originally referred to a type of rice vessel. It is also used to transliterate foreign names like Lou or Lu.

Components

radical
卜 bǔ
divination
Divination radical (Kangxi 25) on top - the indexing radical. 卜 is a pictograph of cracks on a heated oracle bone. Here it serves as the indexing radical of the simplified form 卢, even though the traditional 盧 had a different etymology (a brazier/black pot). Today 卢 is mostly a surname (Lu).
semantic
尸 shī
corpse; body (radical)
Bottom element 尸 - historically pictures a person bent or seated. In 卢 it is a residual graphic shape from the simplification of 盧 (which had 田+皿 inside a 虍 wrapper); the modern stylised 尸 shape carries no productive semantic role and is mainly a visual remnant.

Stroke Order

卢 Lú