Chinese surname · rank 148

芦

芦 is read as lú.

Pinyin

lú

Script forms

Simplified 芦 · Traditional 蘆

Basic meaning

reeds; rushes; reed-like water plants

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Northern Wei; often associated in modern summaries with Han-surname reforms under Emperor Xiaowen, while the Qi/Lu-Pu branch is a separate Spring and Autumn tradition.; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Northern Wei / Daibei context; later surname summaries give Henan/Luoyang as a commandery association.

Origin note

The best-supported concise story is that Lu can trace one documented line to the Northern Wei period, when the Xianbei Mo-Lu clan adopted the single-character Han-style surname Lu. A secondary traditional account links Lu to Qi/Jiang descendants through the compound surname Lu-Pu, later shortened to Lu.

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Sources checked

Han Dian: Lu - dictionary meaning, pronunciation, and surname listing
Wei Shu, vol. 113: Guan Shi Zhi - direct record that Mo-Lu later changed to Lu
Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Shizu Dian, vol. 100 - surname compilation repeating the Northern Wei Mo-Lu to Lu change
Hao86: Lu surname - modern surname summary with Northern Wei Mo-Lu line and alternate Qi/Lu-Pu tradition
Taiping Yulan, vol. 846 - textual support for the compound Lu-Pu name in a Qi context

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