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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lú | lu2
English translation
rushes, reeds

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About 蘆 lú

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

蘆 lú

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of 蘆 lú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹盧

Semantic compound

艹 cǎo

Phonetic compound

盧 lú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 cǎo represents the meaning and 户 hù represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘆 lú .

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Words with 蘆 lú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
葫芦 hú lu hoist葫蘆
芦笋 lú sǔn asparagus蘆筍
芦 lú rush蘆 lú
芦苇 lú wěi reed蘆葦
芦荟 lú huì aloe vera蘆薈
葫芦岛 Hú lú dǎo Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China葫蘆島
西葫芦 xī hú lu zucchini西葫蘆
糖葫芦 táng hú lu tanghulu糖葫蘆
芦笙 lú shēng reed-pipe wind instrument蘆笙
冰糖葫芦 bīng táng hú lu tanghulu冰糖葫蘆
葫芦岛市 Hú lú dǎo shì Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China葫蘆島市
照葫芦画瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo fig. to copy slavishly照葫蘆畫瓢
芦根 lú gēn reed rhizome (used in TCM)蘆根
依样画葫芦 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)依樣畫葫蘆
芦荻 lú dí reeds蘆荻
闷葫芦 mèn hú lu fig. enigma悶葫蘆
芦沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng [Kàng​Rì​Zhàn​zhēng]蘆溝橋
芦席 lú xí reed mat蘆席
芦沟桥事变 Lú gōu Qiáo Shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng [Kàng​Rì​Zhàn​zhēng]蘆溝橋事變
芦山 Lú shān Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安 Yǎ ān [Yǎ​'ān], Sichuan蘆山
芦溪 Lú xī Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡 Píng xiāng , Jiangxi蘆溪
芦溪县 Lú xī xiàn Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡 Píng xiāng , Jiangxi蘆溪縣
芦淞区 Lú sōng qū Lusong district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市 Zhū zhōu shì , Hunan蘆淞區

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