萝
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radish
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艸 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 萝
- Common rank
- #1,699
- Unicode
- U+841D
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
edible root · Heisig RSH #1583
flower + 罗 silk gauze
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 萝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 | (saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own | |
| 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 | see 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛|萝卜白菜，各有所爱[luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4] | |
| 萝北县 | Luobei, a county in Hegang City 鶴崗市|鹤岗市[He4 gang3 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 花心大萝卜 | (coll.) womanizer; skirt-chaser | |
| 心里美萝卜 | Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the insid… | |
| 拔出萝卜带出泥 | lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom); fig. to… | |
| 萝卜快了不洗泥 | when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom… | |
| 小萝卜头 | (coll.) kid; little tyke | |
| 空心萝卜 | useless person | |
| 小红萝卜 | small red radish | |
| 一个萝卜一个坑 | lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his … | |
| 萝北 | see 蘿北縣|萝北县[Luo2 bei3 Xian4] | |
| 胡萝卜素 | carotene | |
| 大萝卜 | see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5] | |
| 水萝卜 | small red radish | |
| 白萝卜 | daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) | |
| 野胡萝卜 | carrot (Daucus carota) | |
| 绿萝 | pothos (Epipremnum aureum) | |
| 红萝卜 | carrot; red radish | |
| 萝卜丝饼 | shredded daikon pie |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 罗 — compare how they read.