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陋 (lòu): Narrow — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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How to write 陋 — animated stroke order

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Stroke Order Diagrams 陋

陋 stroke order diagram

Character BreakdownLeft-Right

陋=阝mound+⺆cover+口mouth

A narrow, confined space within a mound (阝), where one is trapped (⺆ and 口) in a cramped, humble condition.

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HSK Vocabulary: 陋

HSK words that contain this character.

chǒu lòu

丑陋

Ugly / unsightly

gū lòu guǎ wén

孤陋寡闻

ignorant and narrow-minded / poorly informed

jiǎn lòu

简陋

simple and crude

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 陋 is used in context
tā他
duì对
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
gū孤
lòu陋
guǎ寡
wén闻
。

He is ignorant about this matter.

zhè这
jiān间
wū屋
zi子
hěn很
jiǎn简
lòu陋
，
dàn但
suí随
dì地
tǔ吐
tán痰
shì是
yì一
zhǒng种
lòu陋
xí

Information

Traditional陋
Radical阝
Strokes8
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#3010
Zhuyinㄌㄡˋ
UnicodeU+964B
CangjieNLMBV

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hěn很
gān干
jìng净
。

This room is simple and crude, but very clean.

习
。

Spitting everywhere is a bad habit.

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