绿
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green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 綠
- Common rank
- #433
- Unicode
- U+7EFF
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
green · Heisig RSH #1093
thread + snowman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大红大绿 | bright-colored; garish | |
| 小绿人 | (Tw) animated green pedestrian crossing signal figure | |
| 青山绿水 | (lit.) green hills and clear waters (idiom); (fig.) picturesque natural scenery | |
| 青绿山水 | blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in … | |
| 绿色通道 | green channel (customs clearance without document or cargo inspection); (by extension) pri… | |
| 绿色和平 | Greenpeace (environmental network) | |
| 黄绿色 | yellow green | |
| 绿区 | (Baghdad) green zone | |
| 水绿 | light green | |
| 绿水 | green water; crystal-clear water | |
| 绿地 | green area (e.g. urban park or garden) | |
| 绿皮车 | green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim … | |
| 绿化 | to make green with plants; to reforest; (Internet slang) Islamization | |
| 花花绿绿 | brightly colored; gaudy | |
| 绿化带 | landscaped green strip; planted green belt | |
| 绿道 | greenway | |
| 绿花菜 | broccoli | |
| 绿菜花 | broccoli | |
| 绿皮书 | green paper (government report proposing policies and inviting discussion) | |
| 绿色食品 | clean, unadulterated food product; organic food |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 录 — compare how they read.