Character: 盧
Modern (Beijing) reading: lú
Preclassic Old Chinese: rā
Classic Old Chinese: rā
Western Han Chinese: rā
Eastern Han Chinese: rǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: lā
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lā
Late Postclassic Chinese: lā
Middle Chinese: lo
English meaning : food vessel
Russian meaning[s]: хижина, шалаш; дача; жить в шалаше
Comments: 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'.
Radical: 108
Four-angle index: 658
Karlgren code: 0069 d
