盧
hut
Readings
On'yomi
- ロ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
盧 centers on a simple, rustic dwelling: a hut or small shelter.
Most common words using 盧
- 盧溝橋ろこうきょう
Marco Polo Bridge (China)
- 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経だいびるしゃなじょうぶつじんべんかじきょう
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
- 大毘盧遮那経だいびるしゃなきょう
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
- 摩訶毘盧遮那まかびるしゃな
Mahavairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
- 毘盧遮那びるしゃな
Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
- 毘盧遮那仏びるしゃなぶつ
Vairocana-Buddha
- 盧溝橋事件ろこうきょうじけん
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
- 盧舎那仏るしゃなぶつ
Vairocana-Buddha
- 賓頭盧びんずる
Pindola; Pindola Bharadvaja (one of four Arhats asked by the Buddha to remain in the world to propagate Buddhist law)
Study
Etymology
盧 is a phono-semantic compound. The upper part 虍 (tiger) and lower 皿 (dish) together likely contributed the sound, while the overall character came to mean a hut or dwelling. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Picture a simple hut with a thatched roof (虍) and a clay dish (皿) inside for cooking. The whole structure is a humble dwelling.
Reading mnemonic
For ロ, imagine a low hut so small you have to row (ロウ) to get inside: row -> ロ, and the hut is just a tiny shelter.