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tǔlù

reveal

tǔ, tù vomit

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

土 Sound component

tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	thuX	tʰˤaʔ	eject from mouth, spit
	thuH	tʰˤaʔ-s	vomit
Zhengzhang		l̥ʰaːʔ
		l̥ʰaːs
Unicode	tǒ

說文解字

寫也。从口土聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lù dew

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 路 represents the sound.

Components

雨 Meaning component

yǔ rain

路 Sound component

lù road

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	luH	p.rˤak-s	dew; disclose

說文解字

《說文》：“露，潤澤也。从雨，路聲。”

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)