Read Edit View history 彔 lù HSK3 to carve wood Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts the top part of a water well used to raise and lower a bucket of water. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas lù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the top part of a well used to raise and lower the bucket of water. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彔 Simp strokes 彔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 彔 Simp strokes 彔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 彔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 446, 827 ], [ 469, 790 ], [ 463, 777 ], [ 415, 704 ], [ 351, 635 ], [ 329, 592 ], [ 365, 583 ], [ 504, 579 ], [ 528, 585 ] ], [ [ 467, 725 ], [ 522, 717 ], [ 634, 721 ], [ 669, 701 ], [ 582, 572 ], [ 506, 482 ] ], [ [ 159, 429 ], [ 212, 419 ], [ 538, 467 ], [ 779, 490 ], [ 821, 487 ], [ 877, 471 ] ], [ [ 459, 432 ], [ 496, 409 ], [ 509, 388 ], [ 504, 48 ], [ 485, 10 ], [ 374, 65 ] ], [ [ 273, 349 ], [ 342, 303 ], [ 372, 262 ] ], [ [ 168, 89 ], [ 232, 88 ], [ 435, 238 ] ], [ [ 695, 411 ], [ 705, 400 ], [ 714, 371 ], [ 619, 290 ], [ 572, 260 ] ], [ [ 536, 285 ], [ 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