绿

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)

silk thread (纟) + sound lǜ (录) = green

The silk radical (纟) connects green to dyed thread and textile color. 录 mainly supplies the sound lǜ; the meaning rides entirely with the fiber radical.

纟+录→绿
录To recordPhonetic
纟Silk threadSemantic

春天来了,树叶变绿了。

chūn tiān lái le , shù yè biàn lǜ le 。

Spring has come, and the leaves have turned green.

她绿了自己的男朋友,两人很快就分手了。

tā lǜ le zì jǐ de nán péng yǒu , liǎng rén hěn kuài jiù fēn shǒu le 。

She cheated on her boyfriend, and the two broke up very soon after.

Words with 绿

红绿灯

hóng lǜ dēng

traffic light

绿帽子

lǜ mào zi

green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)

绿区

lǜ qū

(Baghdad) green zone

绿色

lǜ sè

green

翠绿

cuì lǜ

greenish-blue

洗绿

xǐ lǜ

to greenwash

绿幕

lǜ mù

green screen

铜绿

tóng lǜ

verdigris

针尾绿鸠

zhēn wěi lǜ jiū

(bird species of China) pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)

铜绿层

tóng lǜ céng

patina

开绿灯

kāi lǜ dēng

to give the green light

双斑绿柳莺

shuāng bān lǜ liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) two-barred warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)

More characters with 纟

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