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橹

lǔ

Character Traditional 櫓

What 橹 means

1. scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)

Other readings

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

• lǔvariant of {橹|lǔ}
• lǔold variant of {橹|lǔ}
• lǔvariant of {橹|lǔ}
• lǔvariant of {橹|lǔ}

Words containing 橹

• 摇橹yáo lǔto scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat)
• 楼橹lóu lǔwatch tower; movable battlefield turret
• 摇橹船yáo lǔ chuánboat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)

Characters built on 鲁

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

• 噜lūgrumble; chatter
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 镥lǔlutetium (chemistry)
• 氇lǔused in 氆氇

Sounds the same

Read lǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鲁(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
• 虏prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 卤to stew in soy sauce and spices
• 掳(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 镥lutetium (chemistry)
• 氇used in 氆氇
• 澛(used in place names); old variant of 卤
• 硵sal ammoniac