路 (lù): meaning and stroke order
路 (lù) means road (条), journey, route, line (bus etc), sort; kind, surname Lu.
路
- Simplified
- 路
- Traditional
- 路 (same form)
- Pinyin
- lù
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Stroke order of 路
路
- Lù surname Lu
- lù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey
- 13 strokes
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Meaning of 路
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lù
- road (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- journey
- route
- line (bus etc)
- sort; kind
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Lù
- surname Lu
Radical and structure
- 路
- Radical 足 (Kangxi radical 157) · 13 strokes · 𧾷 on the left, 各 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 路
- 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way
- 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward
- 小路 xiǎo lù minor road; lane; pathway; trail
- 路上 lù shang on the road; on the way; en route
- 路口 lù kǒu crossing; intersection (of roads)
- 路过 lù guò to pass by or through
- 商路 shāng lù trade route
- 路边 lù biān curb; roadside; wayside
- 走路 zǒu lù to walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart
- 路灯 lù dēng street lamp; street light
- 一路上 yī lù shàng along the way; the whole way
- 丝绸之路 Sī chóu zhī Lù the Silk Road
路 in our stories
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回家的路上，刘阳看见卖西瓜的，一句话也没说。
huí jiā de lù shàng Liú Yáng kànjiàn mài xīguā de yí jù huà yě méi shuō
On the way home Liu Yang sees the watermelon seller and doesn't say a word.
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
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他难过地哭了，说：“我的路也要走到头了。”
tā nánguò de kū le shuō wǒ de lù yě yào zǒu dào tóu le
He wept and said, "My road, too, is coming to its end."
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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“她去年走了。我把书还回来，也把我们在路上摘的花留在这里。”
tā qùnián zǒu le wǒ bǎ shū hái huílai yě bǎ wǒmen zài lù shàng zhāi de huā liú zài zhèli
"She passed away last year. I'm bringing the books back, and leaving here the flowers we picked on the way."
From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Stories using 路
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- The qilin HSK 4
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).