坴
lù

a clod of earth

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 圥 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
圥
圥 Sound component
lù mushroom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

睦逵陸燅

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ruɡ

說文解字

《說文》：“坴，土塊坴坴也。从土，圥聲。讀若逐。一曰坴梁。”

Sources

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