虑

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to think over; to consider; anxiety

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HSK 3.0: Level 4
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 10
Radical: 虍 +4
Structure: Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional: 慮
Common rank: #1,785
Unicode: U+8651

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 虑 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A tiger 虍 striking fear into the heart 心

Components 虍心

How to remember it

ponder · Heisig RSH #1460

虎 tiger + 心 heart

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 虑

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
智者千虑，必有一失	zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī	lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobo…
无思无虑	wú sī wú lǜ	(idiom) carefree; untroubled
不足为虑	bù zú wéi lǜ	to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about
千虑一得	qiān lǜ yī dé	a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable abil…
人无远虑，必有近忧	rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu	He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Ana…
千虑一失	qiān lǜ yī shī	reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
安全考虑	ān quán kǎo lǜ	security concerns; safety considerations
处心积虑	chǔ xīn jī lǜ	to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
虑病症	lǜ bìng zhèng	hypochondria
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医	bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī	(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫\|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little…
焦虑不安	jiāo lǜ bù ān	worried too much
无忧无虑	wú yōu wú lǜ	(idiom) carefree; without worries
深思熟虑	shēn sī shú lǜ	mature reflection; after careful deliberations
充分考虑	chōng fèn kǎo lǜ	to give sufficient consideration to
深谋远虑	shēn móu yuǎn lǜ	lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom)
多虑	duō lǜ	to worry unnecessarily
广泛性焦虑症	guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhèng	generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
可虑	kě lǜ	worrisome
朝不虑夕	zhāo bù lǜ xī	at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living…
远虑	yuǎn lǜ	long-term considerations; to take the long view

Sound family

These characters use 虑 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
虑 sound part	lǜ	anxious, concerned, worried
滤	lǜ	to filter, to strain
摅	shū	to disperse, to spread, to vent; to send forth