luò

brindled ox

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrraːwɢ
Unicodelak

說文解字

駁牛也。从牛,勞省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

luò brindled ox Simplified

Components

Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
Unknown component
cover
Meaning component
niú cow

ox

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode