榴
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pomegranate
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 木 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 榴
- Common rank
- #2,553
- Unicode
- U+69B4
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Formation & memory
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Words with 榴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 榴弹发射器 | grenade launcher | |
| 火箭推进榴弹 | rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) | |
| 白榴石 | leucite | |
| 安石榴 | pomegranate | |
| 石榴石 | garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12) | |
| 手榴弹 | hand grenade | |
| 枪榴弹 | rifle grenade | |
| 榴弹炮 | howitzer | |
| 海榴 | (literary) pomegranate | |
| 石榴 | pomegranate | |
| 番石榴 | guava (fruit) | |
| 榴莲族 | worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with | |
| 榴弹 | high explosive shell; grenade | |
| 柘榴石 | garnet | |
| 榴莲 | durian fruit; Durio zibethinus | |
| 榴霰弹 | shrapnel shell; shrapnel; also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4] | |
| 柘榴 | pomegranate | |
| 榴梿 | variant of 榴蓮|榴莲[liu2 lian2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 留 — compare how they read.