垆
lú

black clods of earth

A cottage 卢 with earthen walls 土; 卢 also provides the pronunciation

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
卢
卢 SoundMeaning component
lú, lǘ, léi rice vessel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

壚 black clods of earth Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraː
Unicodelo

說文解字

剛土也。从土盧聲。

Sources

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