鹭 (lù): heron
鹭 (lù) is a Chinese character meaning “heron.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 路 (phonetic) and 鸟 (semantic). It ranks #4335 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鹭 bird. Its radical form 鸟 (bird) appears in many related characters such as 鸟 (niǎo, bird), 鸡 (jī, chicken), 鸭 (yā, duck).
Definitions
- heron
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白鹭noun | bái lù | (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| 苍鹭noun | cāng lù | (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| 鹭鸶 | lù sī | egret |
| 白鹭湾湿地公园 | bái lù wān shī dì gōng yuán | Bailuwan Wetland Park, Chengdu |
| 大白鹭 | dà bái lù | (bird species of China) great egret (Ardea alba) |
| 中白鹭 | zhōng bái lù | (bird species of China) medium egret (Ardea intermedia) |
| 黄嘴白鹭 | huáng zuǐ bái lù | (bird species of China) Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) |
| 白脸鹭 | bái liǎn lù | (bird species of China) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) |
| 黑脸琵鹭 | hēi liǎn pí lù | (bird species of China) black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) |
| 黑冠麻鹭 | hēi guān má lù | (bird species of China) Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) |
| 牛背鹭 | niú bèi lù | (bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus) |
| 白腹鹭 | bái fù lù | (bird species of China) white-bellied heron (Ardea insignis) |
| 白琵鹭 | bái pí lù | (bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) |
| 夜鹭noun | yè lù | (bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
| 暗鹭 | àn lù | black-crowned night heron (Tw) |
鹭 appears in 25 compound words: 4 as the first character, 92 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
在家人常伴光影场景,湖中一大一小、相互依偎的两只夜鹭造型灯光装置令人感到松弛悠闲。
zài jiā rén cháng bàn guāng yǐng chǎng jǐng , hú zhōng yī dà yī xiǎo , xiāng hù yī 偎 de liǎng zhī yè lù zào xíng dēng guāng zhuāng zhì lìng rén gǎn dào sōng chí yōu xián .
In a scene where family members are often surrounded by light and shadow, the light installation featuring two night herons—one large and one small, nestled together on the lake—evokes a sense of relaxation and leisure.
注:这是之前我用过的某台手机拍下的站在电线上的白鹭,这种长焦就有点太艺术了。
zhù : zhè shì zhī qián wǒ yòng guò de mǒu tái shǒu jī pāi xià de zhàn zài diàn xiàn shàng de bái lù , zhè zhǒng cháng jiāo jiù yǒu diǎn tài yì shù le .
Note: This is a photo I took with an old phone of a white egret perched on a power line; this kind of telephoto shot is a bit too artistic.
有请今天的特别嘉宾,黑脸琵鹭。
yǒu qǐng jīn tiān de tè bié jiā bīn , hēi liǎn 琵 lù .
Please welcome today’s special guest, the Black-faced Spoonbill.
轮渡的客船犁开鹭江江面,驶向鼓浪屿。
lún dù de kè chuán 犁 kāi lù jiāng jiāng miàn , shǐ xiàng gǔ làng yǔ .
The ferry plowed through the waters of the Lu River, heading toward Gulangyu.
之前我只在老家的稻田远观过白鹭,这是我第一次这么近距离的抬头就能看到一大片白鹭群。
zhī qián wǒ zhī zài lǎo jiā de dào tián yuǎn guān guò bái lù , zhè shì wǒ dì yī cì zhè me jìn jù lí de tái tóu jiù néng kàn dào yī dà piàn bái lù qún .
Before this, I’d only ever seen egrets from a distance in the rice paddies back home; this was the first time I’d been able to look up and see such a large flock of egrets right in front of me.
Character Family
鸟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bird radical
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