屚
lòu

to leak

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Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking into a roof (广). Original form of 漏.

Components

广
广 Iconic component

Depicts a house roof. Modern form looks like 尸.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 广 than it was in ancient scripts.
雨
雨 Iconic component

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

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