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鸬

鸕
lú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鸬鹚) cormorant

Examples

HSK 7-9
渔民养鸬鹚替他捕鱼。
Yúmín yǎng lúcí tì tā bǔyú.
The fisherman raised cormorants to catch fish for him.
HSK 7-9
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.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

鸬 lú