屚
lòu

to leak

Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋). Original form of 漏.

Components

屋
屋 IconicRemnant component
wū house, room

Depicts a house roof.

雨
雨 Iconic component
yǔ rain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

漏

Iconic (1)

漏

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːs

說文解字

《說文》：“屚，屋穿水下也。从雨在尸下，尸者，屋也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1025許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)