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璐

lù
noun #38,334

Meanings

  1. 1 a fine, beautiful jade

Examples

HSK 3
璐字常用在女孩的名字里。
Lù zì cháng yòng zài nǚhái de míngzi lǐ.
The character 璐 is very often used in girls' names.
HSK 7-9
被明月兮佩宝璐。
Pī míngyuè xī pèi bǎo lù.
"Wearing the precious jade pendant" - a line from Qu Yuan describing noble adornment.

Tips

culture
璐 means a precious jade and appears in Qu Yuan's phrase 宝璐. Because jade symbolises virtue and beauty, the character is a favourite in given names.

Components

radical
王 yù
jade
On the left this is the jade radical (the jade form of 玉, written like 王 but without the extra dot). It marks 璐 as a kind of jade.
phonetic
路 lù
road; path
路 gives the exact sound lù and carries no meaning in 璐; it is purely the phonetic.

Stroke Order

璐 lù