陆羽 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Lù Yǔ

Lu Yu

lù land Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound. Simplified form of 陸.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

击 Simplified component

jī strike

Shorthand for the phonetic 坴 component in the traditional character 陸.

Sources

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

yǔ feather

Pictograph of feathers.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 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

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 22 verified)

翻翼翰扇翅翁翠翔翘榻翩翎翡翱翊翦羿翳翕翥翮翹 show all 22 show fewer

Unknown (0 of 6 verified)

塌蹋鳎遢溻褟

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuX	[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ	feather, wing

說文解字

《說文》：“羽，鳥長毛也。象形。”

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)

lù land Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

坴 Sound component

lù a clod of earth

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljuwk	[r]uk	land (as opposed to water)

說文解字

《說文》：“陸，高平地。从，从坴，坴亦聲。，籀文陸。”

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)