潞 (lù): name of a river, surname Lu

潞 (lù) is a Chinese character meaning “name of a river.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 路 (phonetic). It ranks #5164 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 潞 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 河 (hé, river), 海 (hǎi, sea), 洋 (yáng, ocean).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 氵 water16 strokesFrequency #5164氵 semantic路 phonetic

Definitions

  1. name of a river
  2. surname Lu

Etymology & Origin

潞

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵路 (layout: left-right)

Components:氵semantic路phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
潞城区lù chéng qūLucheng, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市, Shanxi
潞州区lù zhōu qūLuzhou, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市, Shanxi
潞城lù chéngsee 潞城區|潞城区
潞州lù zhōusee 潞州區|潞州区
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Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
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As middle character

潞 appears in 4 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component

没méi活huó海hǎi清qīng消xiāo流liú满mǎn注zhù激jī洛luò

Related Characters

河hé海hǎi洋yáng江jiāng湖hú溪xī流liú池chí汤tāng汁zhī

Homophones — Characters pronounced lù

露lù璐lù鹭lù

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 潞 (lù) mean in Chinese?
潞 (lù) primarily means "name of a river." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #5164 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 潞 have?
潞 is written with 16 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 潞?
The radical associated with 潞 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 潞?
潞 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 路 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵路 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 潞?
Common words with 潞 include: 潞城区 (lù chéng qū, "Lucheng, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市, Shanxi"); 潞州区 (lù zhōu qū, "Luzhou, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市, Shanxi"); 潞城 (lù chéng, "see 潞城區|潞城区"); 潞州 (lù zhōu, "see 潞州區|潞州区"). There are over 4 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 潞 (lù)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lù: 露 (dew, reveal), 璐 (beautiful jade), 鹭 (heron). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 潞 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 潞 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.