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Louvre

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Originally a pictograph of a stove, based on the original meaning "stove", now written as 爐. The 虍 and 皿 components were added later. In modern Mandarin this character is usually only used for its sound in foreign loan words.
Components
虍 tiger (top)+ ◎ characterless component+ 皿 dish =
盧 Louvre
虍 Phonetic component
hū tiger (top)
tiger
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◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a stove. Unrelated to 田.
皿 Meaning component
mǐn dish
shallow container
Notes
Similar Characters
卢 rice vessel (simp)易 easy益 gain盡 exhausted (trad)血 blood慮 ponder (trad/jp)虏 to capture (simp)虑 be concerned (simp)虚 void (simp)虛 false (trad)虜 take captive (jp)豦 Wild A Wild Boar雐 a type of bird鬳 boiler虐 despotic虖 to cry虘 虞 concerned about丟 mislay (trad)丢 discard (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
卢 / 盧 [Lú]
surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lú​sēn​bǎo]
卢 / 盧 [lú]
(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 廬|庐[lú]; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
盧 の
No surname
盧 る
Ru unclassified name
盧 ろ
Ro surname
盧 ろう
Rou surname
CHINESE WORDS (50)
卢卡斯 [Lú​kǎ​sī] #9,303
Lucas (name)
卢布 [lú​bù] #18,326
ruble (Russian currency) (loanword)
卢武铉 [Lú​Wǔ​xuàn] #17,747
Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008
卢比 [lú​bǐ] #12,746
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)
卢瑟 [lú​sè] #12,173
loser (loanword)
卢旺达 [Lú​wàng​dá] #14,255
Rwanda
卢森堡 [Lú​sēn​bǎo] #27,577
Luxembourg
贝卢斯科尼 [Bèi​lú​sī​kē​ní] #22,751
Silvio Berlusconi (1936-), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994-1995, 2001-2006, 2008-2011
里约热内卢 [Lǐ​yuē​rè​nèi​lú] #17,113
Rio de Janeiro
费卢杰 [Fèi​lú​jié] #36,057
Fallujah, Iraqi city on Euphrates
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
盧溝橋事件 [ろこうきょうじけん] #147,889
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
盧舎那仏 [るしゃなぶつ] #160,497
Vairocana-Buddha
盧溝橋 [ろこうきょう] #163,831
Marco Polo Bridge (China)
毘盧遮那仏 [びるしゃなぶつ] #182,046
Vairocana-Buddha
葫蘆 [ころ] #197,425
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
賓頭盧 [びんずる] #229,743
Pindola
毘盧遮那 [びるしゃな] #263,687
Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 [だいびるしゃなじょうぶつじんべんかじきょう]
Mahavairocana Sutra
大毘盧遮那経 [だいびるしゃなきょう]
Mahavairocana Sutra
摩訶毘盧遮那 [まかびるしゃな]
Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)