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箓

lù

Character Traditional 籙

What 箓 means

1. record book; archive
2. Taoist written charm
3. document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes

Words containing 箓

• 符箓fú lù(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers

Characters built on 竹

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

• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 簿bùa book; a register; account-book
• 笃dǔ(bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 竺Zhúsurname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)

Sounds the same

Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 路road; journey; route
• 录to carve wood
• 露dew; syrup; nectar
• 陆(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
• 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 赂bribe; bribery
• 鹿deer
• 禄good fortune; official salary
• 璐beautiful jade
• 六used in place names
• 绿used in names
• 麓foot of a hill