bow or prow of boat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraː
Unicodelo

說文解字

舳艫也。一曰船頭。从舟盧聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bow or prow of boat Simplified

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

ship

Sound component
lú, lǘ, léi rice vessel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode