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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lù | lu4
English translation
the base of a hill; foothill

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

鹿

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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forest

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

林鹿

Semantic compound

Lín

Phonetic compound

鹿

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Lín represents the meaning and 鹿 represents the sound.

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zhè tiáo 道路 dào lù zài 山麓 shān lù fēn chà .

The road branches at the bottom of the hill.

帕萨迪纳坐落于 shèng 加布里埃尔山麓 shān lù de 丘陵地带

Pasadena lies in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
山麓 shān lù foothills山麓 shān lù
foot of a hill
岳麓山 Yuè lù Shān Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙 Cháng shā [Cháng​shā], famous for scenery, temples and tombs岳麓山 Yuè lù Shān
岳麓区 Yuè lù qū Yuelu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市 Cháng shā shì [Cháng​shā​shì], Hunan嶽麓區
麓湖公园 Lù Hú Gōng yuán Luhu Park in central Guangzhou麓湖公園

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