芦
(bound form) reed
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,441 U+82A6
How 芦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 户 (phonetic, hù)
How to remember it
reeds · Heisig RSH #2156
flower + 户 door
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 户
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 户 (hù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 户 sound component | hù | door; family |
| 驴 | lǘ | donkey, ass |
| 雇 | gù | employment; to hire, to employ |
| 沪 | hù | Shanghai; the Shanghai river |
| 妒 | dù | jealous, envious |
| 扈 | hù | escort, retinue; insolent |
| 戽 | hù | to bale out; to irrigate |
Words containing 芦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芦花黄雀 | lú huā huáng què | oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica) |
| 芦山县 | Lú shān Xiàn | Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市[Ya3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 胡芦巴 | hú lú bā | fenugreek |
| 芦洲市 | Lú zhōu shì | Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 芦山 | Lú shān | see 蘆山縣|芦山县[Lu2 shan1 Xian4] |
| 芦花 | lú huā | reed catkin; reed flower |
| 芦管 | lú guǎn | reed pipe |
| 芦溪县 | Lú xī Xiàn | Luxi, a county in Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 | hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on? |
| 芦根 | lú gēn | reed rhizome (used in TCM) |
| 手拉葫芦 | shǒu lā hú lu | hand chain pulley block |
| 气动葫芦 | qì dòng hú lu | pneumatic hoist pulley |
| 电动葫芦 | diàn dòng hú lu | electric chain pulley block |
| 葫芦岛市 | Hú lú dǎo Shì | Huludao, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] |
| 手板葫芦 | shǒu bǎn hú lu | lever pulley block |
| 起重葫芦 | qǐ chóng hú lu | hoist pulley |
| 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|… |
| 芦洲 | Lú zhōu | Luzhou or Luchou city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 冰糖葫芦 | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 芦沟桥 | Lú gōu Qiáo | variant of 盧溝橋|卢沟桥[Lu2 gou1 Qiao2] |