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庐

lú

Character Traditional 廬

What 庐 means

1. hut

Other readings

庐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lúsurname Lu; Luzhou or Lu Prefecture {庐州|Lú Zhōu}, a prefecture between the 6th and 13th ce

Words starting with 庐

• 庐山区Lú shān qūLushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi
• 庐山市Lú shān ShìLushan, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市
• 庐江县Lú jiāng XiànLujiang, a county in Hefei City 合肥市
• 庐阳区Lú yáng QūLuyang, a district of Hefei City 合肥市
• 庐山Lú shānsee 庐山市; Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi…
• 庐江Lú jiāngsee 庐江县
• 庐阳Lú yángsee 庐阳区

Words containing 庐

• 初出茅庐chū chū máo lúventuring from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced…
• 穹庐qióng lúyurt (round tent)
• 结庐jié lúto build one's house
• 茅庐máo lúthatched cottage
• 蜗庐wō lúhumble abode
• 桐庐县Tóng lú XiànTonglu, a county in Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 阖庐Hé LúKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 阖闾
• 吴王阖庐Wú wáng Hé LúKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吴王阖闾
• 三顾茅庐sān gù máo lúlit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom)…
• 不识庐山真面目bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mùlit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom)…
• 桐庐Tóng lúsee 桐庐县

Characters built on 户

These share the phonetic component 户 (hù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 庐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 声shēngsound; voice; tone
• 床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on); bed…
• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 虏lǔprisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order

Sounds the same

Read lú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炉stove; furnace
• 卢(old) rice vessel; black; old variant of 庐
• 芦rush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 颅forehead; skull
• 泸old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name
• 鲈common perch; bass
• 鸬used in 鸬鹚
• 胪belly; skin; to state
• 轳used in 辘轳
• 垆clay; shop
• 籚basket made of rush; spear-shaft
• 栌capital (of column); smoke tree