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泸

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old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name

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Strokes
8
Radical
水 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
瀘
Common rank
#2,922
Unicode
U+6CF8

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Formation & memory

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How 泸 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 卢 sound ( lú )

Components 氵 卢

Words with 泸

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WordPinyinMeaning
泸水市 Lú shuǐ Shì Lushui, a county-level city in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 …
泸西县 Lú xī Xiàn Luxi, a county in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2…
泸定县 Lú dìng Xiàn Luding, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi…
泸州市 Lú zhōu Shì Luzhou, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
泸定桥 Lú dìng qiáo Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linkin…
泸溪县 Lú xī Xiàn Luxi, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 j…
泸县 Lú Xiàn Lu County or Luxian, a county in Luzhou City 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
泸水 Lú shuǐ see 瀘水市|泸水市[Lu2 shui3 Shi4]
泸西 Lú xī see 瀘西縣|泸西县[Lu2 xi1 Xian4]
泸定 Lú dìng see 瀘定縣|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 Xian4]
泸州 Lú zhōu see 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4]
泸溪 Lú xī see 瀘溪縣|泸溪县[Lu2 xi1 Xian4]
泸沽湖 Lú gū Hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 卢 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
卢 sound part lú cottage, hut; black; surname
鲈 lú perch; sea bass
鸬 lú cormorant
颅 lú skull
胪 lú to arrange, to display
轳 lú pulley, windlass, capstan
栌 lú sumac; loquat; the capital of a column
舻 lú the prow of a ship