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Lu

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Depicts a fish (魚) inside the mouth (甘). Based on the original meaning "tasty". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (魯)
魚 fish+ 甘 sweet =
魯 Lu
魚 Phonetic component
fish
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甘 Iconic component
gān sweet
sweetness
Depicts something inside the mouth.
Simplified (鲁)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 甘 sweet =
鲁 foolish, rude
鱼 Phonetic component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
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甘 Iconic component
gān sweet
sweetness
Depicts something inside the mouth.
Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
魯
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲁 / 魯 [Lǔ]
surname Lu; Lu, ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lǔ​guó]; Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shān​dōng]
鲁 / 魯 [lǔ]
(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
Japanese
魯 ろ 同音
noun Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
魯 おろか
Oroka surname
魯 る
Ru surname
魯 ろ
Ro surname
Lu (ancient Chinese state) place name
魯 ろう
Rou surname
CHINESE WORDS (142)
鲁迅 [Lǔ​Xùn] #7,144
Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
粗鲁 [cū​lǔ] #4,970
coarse
秘鲁 [Bì​lǔ] #8,164
Peru
乌鲁木齐 [Wū​lǔ​mù​qí] #10,131
Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
布鲁克林 [Bù​lǔ​kè​lín] #4,957
Brooklyn, borough of New York City
布鲁斯 [bù​lǔ​sī] #5,062
blues (music) (loanword)
耶鲁 [Yē​lǔ] #5,332
Yale
赫鲁晓夫 [Hè​lǔ​xiǎo​fu] #23,971
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
鲁莽 [lǔ​mǎng] #7,963
hot-headed
安德鲁 [An​dé​lǔ] #7,692
Andrew (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
⭐ 露 [つゆ] #12,205
dew
⭐ 露西亜 [ロシア] #56,710
Russia
露国 [ろこく] #88,556
Russia
魯鈍 [ろどん] #93,204
imbecility
露人 [ろじん] #193,571
Russian person
魯敏孫漂流記 [ロビンソンひょうりゅうき] #268,750
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (orig. Japanese title)
タロコ族 [タロコぞく]
Taroko people (indigenous Taiwanese people)
強弩の末魯縞に入る能わず [きょうどのすえろこうにいるあたわず]
even the strong will grow weak
普魯西 [プロシア]
Prussia
格魯布 [クルップ]
croup
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