CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lu4
- English meanings
- road, path, way, journey, distance, means, sequence, logic, line, region, district, route, sort, grade, class
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 足; right 各.
Meaning & sound clues
足 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “foot”.
各 is identified as the sound component (gè). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 路.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
brine; stew
diary
braise; brine
stove; furnace
busy; mediocre
reed
captive; capture
bribe
land; continent
show
rude; Shandong; surname
elk
Example sentences
Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.
- 01
This road is very long.
- 02
Which road goes to school?
- 03
Be safe on the road.
- 04
We took the wrong road.
- 05
He lives across the road.
- 06
There's a lot of traffic on the road.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 一路
- 一路上
- 一路平安
- 一路顺风
- 修路
- 公路
- 出路
- 十字路口
- 半路
- 小路
- 山路
- 峰回路转
- 带路
- 思路
- 线路
- 走弯路
- 走投无路
- 走路
- 路上
- 路人
- 路况
- 路口
- 路子
- 路段
- 路灯
- 路程
- 路线
- 路边
- 路过
- 路途
- 路面
- 迷路
- 道路
- 铁路
- 铺路
- 门路
- 问路
- 顺路
- 马路
- 高速公路