lǘ​luó

hinny

donkey Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
horse
Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

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Unicode

luó mule Simplified

Components

Meaning component
horse

horse

Sound component
lèi, lěi tired

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

donkey Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
horse
Sound component
rice vessel

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangb·ra
Unicodeliu

說文解字

似馬,長耳。从馬盧聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

luó mule Traditional

Components

Meaning component
horse

horse

Sound component
lèi, lěi tired

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːl

Sources

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