(): to strain, to filter

() is a Chinese character meaning “to strain.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2853 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, water. Its radical form (water) appears in many related characters such as (shuǐ, water), (hàn, Han ethnic group), (, steam).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to strain
  2. to filter

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticwater

Decomposition: ⿰氵虑 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
guò lǜto filter
guò lǜ qìfiltering apparatus
lǜ bō qìsignal filter
guò lǜ zuǐcigarette filter
lǜ qìfilter
lǜ zhǐfilter paper
lǜ dú tōng fēng zhuāng zhìfiltration equipment
lǜ qīng qìa filter
lǜ chūto filter out
lǜ guòto filter
lǜ guāng jìng(photography) filter
lǜ sè jìngcolor filter
lǜ qīngto filter and purify
lǜ chúto filter out
lǜ chén qìdust filter
29
Total compounds
83
As first character
7
As last character
10
As middle character

appears in 29 compound words: 83 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 10 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

guò
0.55418,674 co-occurrences
jìng
0.5452,838 co-occurrences
0.53912,846 co-occurrences
0.5209,276 co-occurrences
pāo
0.4731,062 co-occurrences
0.445102 co-occurrences
xīn
0.436438 co-occurrences
shèn
0.420168 co-occurrences
zhǐ
0.420642 co-occurrences
shèn
0.409150 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

站在桥上望去,水缓缓向东流去。

zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , lǜ shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .

Standing on the bridge, one could see the water filtering through and flowing slowly eastward.

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旭然握材设备商机 EPS0.92创五年新高

xù rán wò lǜ cái shè bèi shāng jī E P S 0 . 9 2 chuàng wǔ nián xīn gāo

Xuran Seizes Opportunities in the Filter Media Equipment Market; EPS Hits Five-Year High at 0.92

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jú 梓 qiáo xìng gǎn shài xiàn jiǎng míng 唔 pà chū lǜ jìng piàn

Juzhiqiao Shows Off Her Toned Abs, Saying She’s Not Afraid to Go Filter-Free

PcmMar 2026

... 显示卡率先有得用 DLSS 5 AI 镜抹煞原作艺术风格?

. . . xiǎn shì kǎ lǜ xiān yǒu dé yòng D L S S 5 A I lǜ jìng mā 煞 yuán zuò yì shù fēng gé ?

... Will graphics cards be the first to use DLSS 5 AI filters to erase the original artwork's artistic style?

BusinesswireFeb 2026

...alTM:开创公路及非公路重型设备空气过技术的新纪元

. . . a l T M : kāi chuàng gōng lù jí fēi gōng lù chóng xíng shè bèi kōng qì guò lǜ jì shù de xīn jì yuán

... alTM: Pioneering a new era of air filtration technology for on-highway and off-highway heavy equipment

Tatoeba

我从不过咖啡。

Wǒ cóngbù guòlǜ kāfēi.

I never filter my coffee.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 滤 (lǜ) mean in Chinese?
滤 (lǜ) primarily means "to strain." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2853 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 滤 have?
滤 is written with 13 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 滤?
The radical associated with 滤 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are the components of 滤?
滤 is composed of: 氵 (semantic), 虑 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰氵虑 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 滤?
Common words with 滤 include: 过滤 (guò lǜ, "to filter"); 过滤器 (guò lǜ qì, "filtering apparatus"); 滤波器 (lǜ bō qì, "signal filter"); 过滤嘴 (guò lǜ zuǐ, "cigarette filter"); 滤器 (lǜ qì, "filter"). There are over 29 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 滤 (lǜ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lǜ: 旅 (trip), 律 (law), 虑 (to think over), 率 ((bound form) ratio), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 滤 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 滤 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.