陋
lòu HSK7

narrow

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

village

乚
乚 Unknown component
yǐn, yà turning stroke
丙
丙 Unknown component
bǐng third

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluwH[r]ˤo-snarrow; base (adj.)
Zhengzhangroːs
Unicodelòu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica