陋
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low; humble; plain; ugly; mean; vulgar
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阜 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 陋
- Common rank
- #2,545
- Unicode
- U+964B
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
undesirable · Heisig RSH #2344
pinnacle + 丙 third + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 陋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因陋就简 | crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and th… | |
| 陈规陋习 | (idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways | |
| 孤陋寡闻 | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded | |
| 陋居 | The Burrow (Harry Potter) | |
| 陋规 | objectionable practices | |
| 简陋 | simple and crude | |
| 陋习 | corrupt practice; bad habits; malpractice | |
| 陋俗 | undesirable customs | |
| 孤陋 | ignorant; ill-informed | |
| 粗陋 | crude; coarse; unsophisticated; shallow | |
| 陋屋 | humble dwelling | |
| 浅陋 | shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill) | |
| 丑陋 | ugly | |
| 寡陋 | having little knowledge; not well-read | |
| 卑陋 | humble; petty; crude | |
| 愚陋 | ignorant and backward | |
| 鄙陋 | superficial; shallow | |
| 卑陋龌龊 | sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action) |