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镏

liú

Character Traditional 鎦

What 镏 means

1. Taiwanchemistrylutetium

Other readings

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

• liùfinger ring; Taiwan pr. liú

Words starting with 镏

• 镏子liù zi(dialect) finger ring
• 镏金liú jīngold-plating; gilded; gold-plated
• 镏银器liú yín qìgilded silverware

Words containing 镏

• 金镏子jīn liù zigold ring

Characters built on 留

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

• 瘤liútumor
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 榴liúpomegranate
• 馏liúto distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 遛liùto stroll; to walk (an animal)
• 骝liúbay horse with black mane
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 流to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浏clear; deep (of water); swift
• 刘(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
• 瘤tumor
• 榴pomegranate
• 遛used in 逗遛
• 琉precious stone
• 硫sulfur (chemistry)
• 馏to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝bay horse with black mane
• 旒tassel