Комментарии:The meaning 'vessel' is attested only since Han (although it is no doubt original and is given by Shuowen). For *r- cf. Min forms: Xiamen lɔ2, Chaozhou lou2, Fuzhou, Jianou lu2. During Zhou the character is attested only as a loan for several homonymous words: *rā 'hound; black; cottage, house; lance shaft'.
