庸庸碌碌
yōng​yōng​lù​lù

mediocre

庸 yōng usual

Components

广
广 Unknown component
guǎng roof
彐
彐 Unknown component
jì snout
用
用 Sound component
yòng, yong use

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

慵镛墉鳙傭鱅

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyowngloŋuse; advantage
Zhengzhangloŋ
Unicodeiong

說文解字

用也。从用从庚。庚，更事也。《易》曰：“先庚三日。”

Sources

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

碌 lù rough

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磟.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
录
录 Sound component
lù copy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːɡ
roɡ

說文解字

石皃。从石彔聲。

Sources

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