麓 (lù): foot of a hill
麓 (lù) is a Chinese character meaning “foot of a hill.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 林 (semantic) and 鹿 (phonetic). It ranks #4774 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 麓 forest. Its radical form 鹿 (deer) appears in many related characters such as 鹿 (lù, deer), 麟 (lín, qilin (Chinese mythical creature)), 麾 (huī, signal flag).
Definitions
- foot of a hill
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山麓noun | shān lù | foothills |
| 麓湖公园 | lù hú gōng yuán | Luhu Park in central Guangzhou |
| 岳麓书院 | yuè lù shū yuàn | Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy |
| 岳麓区 | yuè lù qū | Yuelu, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan |
| 岳麓山 | yuè lù shān | Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙, famous for scenery, temples and tombs |
| 岳麓proper-noun | yuè lù | see 嶽麓區|岳麓区 |
麓 appears in 6 compound words: 17 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
麓字由19笔画组成,结构很巧妙。
lù zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "麓" consists of 19 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
南麓遗址是御窑厂窑址的核心窑业生产区。
nán lù yí zhǐ shì yù yáo hǎn yáo zhǐ de hé xīn yáo yè shēng chǎn qū .
The Nanlu Site is the core pottery production area of the Imperial Kiln Complex.
沿途风光移步换景,干旱开阔的荒原让位于山麓,继而变成更绿的坡地,最后进入森林。
yán tú fēng guāng yí bù huàn jǐng , gān hàn kāi kuò de huāng yuán ràng wèi yú shān lù , jì ér biàn chéng gēng lǜ de pō dì , zuì hòu jìn rù sēn lín .
The scenery changes with every step along the way: the arid, open wilderness gives way to foothills, which then give way to greener slopes, and finally lead into the forest.
其中最为瞩目的是南宋拓《麓山寺碑》与南宋拓《澄清堂帖》,两件均为国家一级文物。
qí zhōng zuì wéi zhǔ mù de shì nán sòng tuò lù shān sì bēi yǔ nán sòng tuò chéng qīng táng tiē , liǎng jiàn jūn wéi guó jiā yī jí wén wù .
The most notable among them are the Southern Song Dynasty rubbing of the “Lushan Temple Stele” and the Southern Song Dynasty rubbing of the “Chengqing Hall Collection,” both of which are National First-Class Cultural Relics.
从课堂到社会,岳麓书院推动师生、群众成为传统文化传播者和主流价值践行者。
cóng kè táng dào shè huì , yuè lù shū yuàn tuī dòng shī shēng , qún zhòng chéng wéi chuán tǒng wén huà chuán bō zhě hé zhǔ liú jià zhí jiàn háng zhě .
From the classroom to society, Yuelu Academy encourages teachers, students, and the general public to become promoters of traditional culture and practitioners of mainstream values.
天山南麓的库车市是龟兹文化的发源地,马年春晚中“龟兹乐舞”的灵感就来源自这里。
tiān shān nán lù de kù chē shì shì guī zī wén huà de fā yuán dì , mǎ nián chūn wǎn zhōng guī zī lè wǔ de líng gǎn jiù lái yuán zì zhè lǐ .
Kuche City, located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, is the birthplace of the Kucha culture; the “Kucha Music and Dance” performance featured in the Spring Festival Gala for the Year of the Horse drew its inspiration from this very place.
Character Family
鹿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the deer radical
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