卤

滷
lǔ
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to stew in soy sauce and spices

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

卤 lǔ shows a container for extracting bittern, the thick salt by-product. That was its first sense. The meaning grew to thick gravy or stew, then rough and rude, and later halogen.

Drawn as: bittern-extracting container

卤 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
鹾

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Same Characters, Different Readings

卤lǔ
alkaline soil, salt, brine

Homophones

鲁lǔ
(bound form) crass, stupid, rude

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