卢 (lú): surname Lu, (old) rice vessel

卢 (lú) is a Chinese character meaning “(old) rice vessel.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺊ (structural) and 尸 (structural). It ranks #1523 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Radical: 卜 divination5 strokesFrequency #1523⺊ structural 尸 structural

Definitions

surname Lu
(old) rice vessel

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
卢卡斯proper-noun	lú kǎ sī	Lucas (name)
卢瑟noun	lú sè	(loanword) loser
卢比noun	lú bǐ	(loanword) rupee (Indian currency)
卢旺达proper-noun	lú wàng dá	Rwanda
里约热内卢proper-noun	lǐ yuē rè nèi lú	Rio de Janeiro
滑铁卢proper-noun	huá tiě lú	Waterloo (Belgium)
卢布noun	lú bù	(loanword) ruble (Russian currency)
卢瑟福	lú sè fú	Rutherford (name)
卢浮宫proper-noun	lú fú gōng	the Louvre, museum in Paris
卢森堡proper-noun	lú sēn bǎo	Luxembourg
费卢杰	fèi lú jié	Fallujah, Iraqi city on Euphrates
图瓦卢proper-noun	tú wǎ lú	Tuvalu
卢卡	lú kǎ	Lucca (city in Tuscany)
高卢语proper-noun	gāo lú yǔ	Gaulish or Gallic (language)
图卢兹proper-noun	tú lú zī	Toulouse (city in France)

Total compounds

As first character

As last character

As middle character

卢 appears in 48 compound words: 60 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 卢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

燕yàn

0.73743 co-occurrences

秀xiù

0.58142 co-occurrences

访fǎng

0.39618 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (4)

卢比安纳Lúbǐ'ānnà

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)

圣卢西亚Shènglúxīyà

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)

泰卢固语Tàilúgùyǔ

Telugu

Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 卢.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了卢字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le Lú zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "Lu" in the dictionary.

Hk01.comFeb 2026

...售餐饮销售额升8.6% 电影票房惨遇滑铁卢

. . . shòu cān yǐn xiāo shòu é shēng 8 . 6 diàn yǐng piào fáng cǎn yù huá tiě Lú

...Food and beverage sales rose 8.6%, while movie box office revenues suffered a major setback

RfiFeb 2026

非洲2026环卢旺达自行车赛开骑

fēi zhōu 2 0 2 6 huán Lú wàng dá zì háng chē sài kāi qí

The 2026 Tour of Rwanda kicks off

English News - RthkFeb 2026

马来西亚哥打贝卢附近海域发生7级以上地震

mǎ lái xī yà gē dǎ bèi Lú fù jìn hǎi yù fā shēng 7 jí yǐ shàng dì zhèn

An earthquake measuring over magnitude 7 struck the waters off Kota Belud, Malaysia

Nownews今日新聞Feb 2026

...度新进度!携手HCL建封测厂斥370亿卢比、2028年投产

. . . dù xīn jìn dù ! xié shǒu H C L jiàn fēng cè hǎn chì 3 7 0 yì Lú bǐ , 2 0 2 8 nián tóu chǎn

...New Progress! Partnering with HCL to Build a Packaging and Testing Plant: 37 Billion Rupees Invested, Set to Begin Production in 2028

Character Family

卜 Radical Family — Characters sharing the divination radical

卡kǎ 占zhàn 卧wò 卜bǔ 卦guà 卤lǔ

Related Characters

卡kǎ 占zhàn 卧wò 卜bǔ 卦guà 卤lǔ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 卢 (lú) mean in Chinese?

卢 (lú) primarily means "(old) rice vessel." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #1523 in character frequency.

How many strokes does 卢 have?

卢 is written with 5 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.

What is the radical of 卢?

The radical associated with 卢 is 卜 (divination). This radical appears in many characters related to divination.

What are the components of 卢?

卢 is composed of: ⺊ (structural), 尸 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱⺊尸 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.

What are common words containing 卢?

Common words with 卢 include: 卢卡斯 (lú kǎ sī, "Lucas (name)"); 卢瑟 (lú sè, "(loanword) loser"); 卢比 (lú bǐ, "(loanword) rupee (Indian currency)"); 卢旺达 (lú wàng dá, "Rwanda"); 里约热内卢 (lǐ yuē rè nèi lú, "Rio de Janeiro"). There are over 48 compound words containing this character.

Is 卢 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?

No. The simplified form is 卢 and the traditional form is 盧.

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