Keyword
reed
- rushes
- reeds
- Frequency
- #2767
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
lú
Mnemonic
艹 (grass) gives the meaning and 户 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
葫芦
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled; (poker) full house
芦苇
reed
芦荟
aloe vera
芦笋
asparagus; edible young shoots of reeds
芦
(bound form) reed
芦笙
reed-pipe wind instrument
葫芦岛市
Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省 (LiáoníngShěng)
芦花
reed catkin; reed flower
芦山县
Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市 (Yǎ'ānShì), Sichuan
西葫芦
zucchini; courgette; baby marrow
芦洲
Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市 (Xīnběishì), Taiwan
糖葫芦
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
芦洞
Rodong or Nodong, series of North Korean medium-range missiles
冰糖葫芦
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
芦苇荡
reedy wetland
葫芦丝
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
芦溪县
Luxi, a county in Pingxiang City 萍乡市 (PíngxiāngShì), Jiangxi
芦淞区
Lusong, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市 (ZhūzhōuShì), Hunan
芦荻
reeds
水葫芦
water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
芦根
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
依样画葫芦
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
闷葫芦
lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person
依葫芦画瓢
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification