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骝

liú

Character Traditional 騮

What 骝 means

1. bay horse with black mane

Words containing 骝

• 马骝mǎ liúmonkey (dialect); little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)

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)
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜
• 镏liú(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium

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
• 旒tassel
• 镏(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium