舻
lú

bow or prow of boat

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat

ship

卢
卢 Sound component
lú, lǘ, léi rice vessel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

艫 bow or prow of boat Traditional

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)