虑
to think over; to consider; anxiety
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How 虑 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A tiger 虍 striking fear into the heart 心
How to remember it
ponder · Heisig RSH #1460
虎 tiger + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 虑 as their sound component
These characters all use 虑 (lǜ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虑 sound component | lǜ | anxious, concerned, worried |
| 滤 | lǜ | to filter, to strain |
| 摅 | shū | to disperse, to spread, to vent; to send forth |
Words containing 虑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 智者千虑，必有一失 | zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī | lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobo… |
| 无思无虑 | wú sī wú lǜ | (idiom) carefree; untroubled |
| 不足为虑 | bù zú wéi lǜ | to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about |
| 千虑一得 | qiān lǜ yī dé | a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable abil… |
| 人无远虑，必有近忧 | rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu | He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Ana… |
| 千虑一失 | qiān lǜ yī shī | reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human |
| 安全考虑 | ān quán kǎo lǜ | security concerns; safety considerations |
| 处心积虑 | chǔ xīn jī lǜ | to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating |
| 虑病症 | lǜ bìng zhèng | hypochondria |
| 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 | bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī | (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little… |
| 焦虑不安 | jiāo lǜ bù ān | worried too much |
| 无忧无虑 | wú yōu wú lǜ | (idiom) carefree; without worries |
| 深思熟虑 | shēn sī shú lǜ | mature reflection; after careful deliberations |
| 充分考虑 | chōng fèn kǎo lǜ | to give sufficient consideration to |
| 深谋远虑 | shēn móu yuǎn lǜ | lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom) |
| 多虑 | duō lǜ | to worry unnecessarily |
| 广泛性焦虑症 | guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhèng | generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) |
| 可虑 | kě lǜ | worrisome |
| 朝不虑夕 | zhāo bù lǜ xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living… |
| 远虑 | yuǎn lǜ | long-term considerations; to take the long view |