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泸

lú

Character Traditional 瀘

What 泸 means

1. old name of a river in Jiangxi
2. place name

Words starting with 泸

• 泸沽湖Lú gū HúLugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan
• 泸县Lú XiànLu County or Luxian, a county in Luzhou City 泸州市
• 泸定桥Lú dìng qiáoLuding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河
• 泸定县Lú dìng XiànLuding, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 泸州市Lú zhōu ShìLuzhou, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 泸水市Lú shuǐ ShìLushui, a county-level city in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州
• 泸溪县Lú xī XiànLuxi, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
• 泸西县Lú xī XiànLuxi, a county in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州
• 泸州Lú zhōusee 泸州市
• 泸定Lú dìngsee 泸定县
• 泸水Lú shuǐsee 泸水市
• 泸溪Lú xīsee 泸溪县
• 泸西Lú xīsee 泸西县

Characters built on 卢

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

• 颅lúforehead; skull
• 鲈lúcommon perch; bass
• 鸬lúused in 鸬鹚
• 胪lúbelly; skin; to state
• 轳lúused in 辘轳
• 垆lúclay; shop
• 栌lúcapital (of column); smoke tree

Characters that look like 泸

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

• 炉lústove; furnace
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 俨yǎnmajestic; dignified

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
• 庐hut
• 颅forehead; skull
• 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