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Mythic Mandarin

绿 (lǜ): meaning and stroke order

绿 (lǜ) means green, (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend).

绿

Simplified
绿
Traditional
綠
Pinyin
lǜ · lù

Stroke order of 绿

绿

  • lù used in names
  • lǜ green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 綠

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 绿

  1. lǜ Traditional 綠
    • green
    • (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
  2. lù Traditional 綠
    • used in names

Radical and structure

绿
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 纟 on the left, 录 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 绿

  • 绿茶 lǜ chá green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative

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).