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卤 (lǔ): Bittern — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

HSK 3.0Recognition 7-9
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How to write 卤 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 卤

卤 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Single Body
卤=囗enclosure+乂manage

A container (囗) holding salt (乂) — representing brine or salty substances.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 卤

HSK words that contain this character.

卤味

lǔ wèi

Salted food / preserved food

HSK 3.0 L7-9
6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 卤 is used in context

lǔ卤
ròu肉
fàn饭
shì是
tái台
wān湾
zhù著
míng名
xiǎo小
chī吃
。

Marinated meat rice is a famous Taiwanese snack.

mā妈
ma妈
yòng用
tè特
zhì制
lǔ卤
shuǐ水
zhǔ煮
niú
zhè这
jiā家
diàn店
de的
lǔ卤
wèi味
fēi非
cháng常
shòu

Information

Pinyinlǔ
Meaningbittern
Strokes7
Radical卜
Traditional滷
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#2044
Zhuyinㄌㄨˇ
UnicodeU+5364
CangjieYWKS
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牛
ròu肉
。

Mom cooks beef with special marinade sauce.

受
huān欢
yíng迎
。

The marinated food at this shop is very popular.

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