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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lú | lu2
English translation
hut, cottage; the name of a mountain

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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house

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广盧

Semantic compound

广 Guǎng

Phonetic compound

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
庐山 Lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 Jiǔ jiāng shì , Jiangxi廬山
初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú novice初出茅廬
hut
桐庐 Tóng lú Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州 Háng zhōu [Háng​zhōu], Zhejiang桐廬
桐庐县 Tóng lú xiàn Tonglu county in Hangzhou 杭州 Háng zhōu [Háng​zhōu], Zhejiang桐廬縣
庐江 Lú jiāng Lujiang county in Chaohu 巢湖 Cháo hú [Cháo​hú], Anhui廬江
三顾茅庐 sān gù máo lú lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage三顧茅廬
庐阳区 Lú yáng qū Luyang district of Hefei city 合肥市 Hé féi shì [Hé​féi​shì], Anhui廬陽區
不识庐山真面目 bù shì Lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain不識廬山真面目
庐江县 Lú jiāng xiàn Lujiang county in Chaohu 巢湖 Cháo hú [Cháo​hú], Anhui廬江縣
茅庐 máo lú thatched cottage茅廬
庐山区 Lú shān qū Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 Jiǔ jiāng shì , Jiangxi廬山區
结庐 jié lú to build one's house結廬
穹庐 qióng lú yurt (round tent)穹廬
庐阳 Lú yáng Luyang district of Hefei city 合肥市 Hé féi shì [Hé​féi​shì], Anhui廬陽

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