鲁

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(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To talk 日 like a fish 鱼

Components 鱼日

Lu · Heisig RSH #1538

鱼 fish + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
布鲁特斯	Bù lǔ tè sī	Brutus (name); Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspir…
鲁国人	Lǔ guó rén	person from Shandong; often refers to Confucius
鲁山县	Lǔ shān Xiàn	Lushan, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市\|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Henan
拉科鲁尼亚	Lā Kē lǔ ní yà	La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
鲁尔区	Lǔ ěr Qū	the Ruhr, region in Germany
平鲁区	Píng lǔ Qū	Pinglu, a district of Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
开鲁县	Kāi lǔ Xiàn	Kailu, a county in Tongliao City 通遼市\|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
布鲁克林	Bù lǔ kè lín	Brooklyn, borough of New York City
法鲁克	Fǎ lǔ kè	Farouk of Egypt (1920-1965), king of Egypt 1936-1952
明古鲁市	Míng gǔ lǔ shì	Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
波斯普鲁斯	Bō sī pǔ lǔ sī	Bosphorus
普鲁东主义	Pǔ lǔ dōng zhǔ yì	Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
斯巴鲁	Sī bā lǔ	Subaru
安德鲁	Ān dé lǔ	Andrew (name)
布鲁斯	bù lǔ sī	blues (music) (loanword)
普鲁斯特	Pǔ lǔ sī tè	Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French author
特鲁多	Tè lǔ duō	Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000), prime minister of Canada 1980-1984 and 1968-1979; Justin Trude…
鲁尔河	Lǔ ěr Hé	Ruhr River, a tributary of the Rhine in Germany
格鲁吉亚人	Gé lǔ jí yà rén	Georgian (person)
布鲁图斯	Bù lǔ tú sī	Brutus (name)

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
鲁 sound part	lǔ	foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
噜	lū	verbose, talkative; mumbling
橹	lǔ	oar, scull; to row, to scull
撸	lū	to reprimand; to fire an employee
氇	lǔ	thick rough serge from Tibet
镥	lǔ	lutetium