芦

lú

rush

reed; Phragmites communis

grass (艹) + sound hú/lú (户) = the reed plant

The grass radical marks this as a plant. 户 lends the sound lú; it carries no meaning about the reed itself.

艹+户→芦
户HouseholdPhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

河边长着很多芦苇。

hé biān zhǎng zhe hěn duō lú wěi。

A lot of reeds grow by the river.

秋天芦苇的颜色变得很好看。

qiū tiān lú wěi de yán sè biàn de hěn hǎo kàn。

In autumn the color of the reeds becomes very beautiful.

Words with 芦

芦苇

lú wěi

reed

芦山县

lú shān xiàn

Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan

葫芦巴

hú lú bā

fenugreek

电动葫芦

diàn dòng hú lu

electric chain pulley block

马葫芦

mǎ hú lu

(dialect) (loanword) manhole

依样画葫芦

yī yàng huà hú lu

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)

依葫芦画瓢

yī hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)

冰糖葫芦

bīng táng hú lu

sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer

宝葫芦

bǎo hú lu

magic gourd, granting your every wish

宝葫芦的秘密

bǎo hú lu de mì mì

Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]

闷葫芦

mèn hú lu

lit. closed gourd

手扳葫芦

shǒu bān hú lu

lever hoist pulley

More characters with 艹

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