(bound form) crass

surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; Lu, short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

fish (鱼) + sun (日) = a fish left in the sun, spoiled and dull

A fish left out in the sun too long spoils — the image suggests something dull, rotten, or crude. This pairing gave rise to the sense of being coarse or stupid, and the character was also adopted as a place name for the ancient state of Lu.

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他姓,是个很有礼貌的人。

tā xìng lǔ,shì gè hěn yǒu lǐ mào de rén。

His surname is Lu; he is a very polite person.

孔子是国人,生活在很久以前。

kǒng zǐ shì lǔ guó rén,shēng huó zài hěn jiǔ yǐ qián。

Confucius was a person of the state of Lu, who lived a very long time ago.

Words with 鲁

祖鲁

zǔ lǔ

Zulu

达鲁花赤

dá lǔ huā chì

Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times

开鲁

kāi lǔ

see 開魯縣|开鲁县[Kai1 lu3 Xian4]

开鲁县

kāi lǔ xiàn

Kailu, a county in Tongliao City 通遼市|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

阿瓦鲁阿

ā wǎ lǔ ā

Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands

阿鲁巴

ā lǔ bā

Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands

阿鲁科尔沁

ā lǔ kē ěr qìn

Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia

阿鲁科尔沁旗

ā lǔ kē ěr qìn qí

Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia

阿鲁纳恰尔邦

ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng

Arunachal Pradesh, a state of India in the northeast of the country, occupying an area claimed by China in an ongoing sovereignty dispute

雅鲁藏布大峡谷

yǎ lǔ zàng bù dà xiá gǔ

Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)

雅鲁藏布江

yǎ lǔ zàng bù jiāng

Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet

霍尔布鲁克

huò ěr bù lǔ kè

Holbrook (name)

More characters with 鱼