虑
lǜ HSK4

be concerned

Simplified form of 慮. Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound
心
心 Simplified component
xīn, xin heart

Shorthand for the 思 component in the traditional character 慮.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

滤摅

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

慮 lǜ be concerned Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 思 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Change in sound
思
思 Meaning component
sī, si think

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

藘鑢濾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljoH[r]a-s think, consider

說文解字

《說文》：“慮，謀思也。从思，虍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)