Chinese surname · rank 480

禄

禄 is read as lù.

Pinyin

lù

Script forms

Simplified 禄 · Traditional 祿

Basic meaning

blessing, happiness, prosperity

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Shang royal / Yin ruins context for Wu Geng Lufu; Fufeng commandery note; Yunnan Lufeng and Luquan place-name layers treated separately.

Origin note

Lu/禄 is not just salary or blessing. The dominant source-backed layer traces it to Wu Geng, son of the last Shang ruler, whose style or name Lufu became the surname source for descendants. Other surname references add a Zhou office-title layer from Silu, a Yunnan place-name layer from Lufeng or Luquan, and minority changed-surname layers. The page records these separately and uses traditional 祿 for the classic text line.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Lu surname - Baijiaxing rank, Wu Geng Lufu descendant layer, and Fufeng commandery
Sohu surname article: Lu - Zi-surname Wu Geng / Lufu ancestor-name layer and Fengsu Tong note
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Lu - Lufu ancestor-name, Silu office-title, Yunnan place-name, Ying/Chu, and ethnic layers
Zupulu surname reference: Lu - Wu Geng Lufu ancestor-name layer and Fufeng commandery
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 匡國文寇廣祿闕東
Han Dian: Lu - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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Origin note

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