The story of 鹵

salt, crass

鹵 is composed of the variants of 卣(wine container) and a few dots. 卣 depicts a wine container, while the dots represent the grains of salt, so 鹵 is the picture of salt stored inside a container, and its original meaning is salt. The salt in ancient China was rough, thus extending to the meaning of reckless behavior.

Vocabulary of 鹵

  • 鹵莽 (reckless)
  • 鹵地 (saltpan)

Classification

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