芦

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(bound form) reed

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 户 sound ( hù )

Components 艹户

reeds · Heisig RSH #2156

flower + 户 door

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
芦花黄雀	lú huā huáng què	oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
芦山县	Lú shān Xiàn	Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
胡芦巴	hú lú bā	fenugreek
芦洲市	Lú zhōu shì	Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
芦山	Lú shān	see 蘆山縣\|芦山县[Lu2 shan1 Xian4]
芦花	lú huā	reed catkin; reed flower
芦管	lú guǎn	reed pipe
芦溪县	Lú xī Xiàn	Luxi, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市\|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi
葫芦里卖的是什么药	hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào	what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on?
芦根	lú gēn	reed rhizome (used in TCM)
手拉葫芦	shǒu lā hú lu	hand chain pulley block
气动葫芦	qì dòng hú lu	pneumatic hoist pulley
电动葫芦	diàn dòng hú lu	electric chain pulley block
葫芦岛市	Hú lú dǎo Shì	Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省\|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]
手板葫芦	shǒu bǎn hú lu	lever pulley block
起重葫芦	qǐ chóng hú lu	hoist pulley
宝葫芦的秘密	Bǎo hú lu de Mì mì	Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼\|…
芦洲	Lú zhōu	Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
冰糖葫芦	bīng táng hú lu	sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
芦沟桥	Lú gōu Qiáo	variant of 盧溝橋\|卢沟桥[Lu2 gou1 Qiao2]

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