() — (surname) Lu

Definition

Examples

  • Wǒ de lǎo shī xìng lù.
    My teacher's surname is Lu.
  • lù Xiān sheng shì yí wèi zhù míng de kē xué jiā.
    Mr. Lu is a famous scientist.
  • Nǐ rèn shi lù jiā de rén ma?
    Do you know someone from the Lu family?

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

露 pairs 雨, a rain-related meaning part, with 路, a sound part.

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