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鹭

lù

Character Traditional 鷺

What 鹭 means

1. heron

Example sentences

• 苍鹭是一种涉禽。
  The heron is a wading bird.
• 许多苍鹭在沼泽地中生活。
  Lots of herons live in the marsh.
• 那是一只鹳还是一只苍鹭？
  Is that a stork or a heron?

Words starting with 鹭

• 鹭鸶lù sīegret

Words containing 鹭

• 白鹭bái lù(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)
• 夜鹭yè lù(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• 岩鹭yán lù(bird species of China) Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)
• 斑鹭bān lù(bird species of China) pied heron (Egretta picata)
• 暗鹭àn lùblack-crowned night heron (Tw)
• 朱鹭zhū lùibis; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); same as 朱鹮
• 池鹭chí lù(bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
• 琵鹭pí lùspoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)
• 绿鹭lǜ lù(bird species of China) striated heron (Butorides striata)
• 草鹭cǎo lù(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
• 苍鹭cāng lù(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
• 中白鹭zhōng bái lù(bird species of China) medium egret (Ardea intermedia)
• 大白鹭dà bái lù(bird species of China) great egret (Ardea alba)
• 棕夜鹭zōng yè lù(bird species of China) nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
• 牛背鹭niú bèi lù(bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
• 白琵鹭bái pí lù(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
• 白腹鹭bái fù lù(bird species of China) white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis)
• 白脸鹭bái liǎn lù(bird species of China) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
• 爪哇池鹭Zhǎo wā chí lù(bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa)
• 黄嘴白鹭huáng zuǐ bái lù(bird species of China) Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes)
• 黑冠麻鹭hēi guān má lù(bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
• 黑脸琵鹭hēi liǎn pí lù(bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor)
• 鹙鹭qiū lùoriole; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
• 白鹭湾湿地公园Bái lù wān Shī dì Gōng yuánBailuwan Wetland Park, Chengdu

Characters built on 路

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

• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 璐lùbeautiful jade
• 潞Lùname of a river; surname Lu

Characters that look like 鹭

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

• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 嚣xiāoclamor
• 薰xūnsweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans
• 麓lùfoot of a hill
• 鹫jiùvulture
• 蹩biéto limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist); to move carefully, as if evading a danger

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