鸬 (lú): (in 鸬鹚) cormorant

Meanings

渔民养鸬鹚替他捕鱼。

Yúmín yǎng lúcí tì tā bǔyú.

The fisherman raised cormorants to catch fish for him.

江上一群鸬鹚扎进水里捉鱼。

Jiāng shàng yì qún lúcí zhājìn shuǐ lǐ zhuōyú.

On the river a flock of cormorants dived for fish.

usage

Bound form — 鸬 occurs only in 鸬鹚 (cormorant), the fishing bird traditionally trained on Chinese rivers. It never stands alone.

radical

鸟 niǎo

bird

Right side is the bird radical 鸟, marking this as a bird name — here the cormorant. The traditional form 鸕 uses the fuller bird graph 鳥.

phonetic

卢 lú

surname; sound element

Left side 卢 gives the reading lú with no tone shift — a clean phonetic.

鸬 lú