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路

road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #125 U+8DEF

How 路 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

足 (semantic, “foot”) + 各 (phonetic, gè)

components: 足 各

How to remember it

path · Heisig RSH #1051

wooden leg + 各 each

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 各

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 各 (gè) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
各 sound component gè individual; each, every; all
格 gé form, pattern, standard
洛 luò a river in the Shanxi province; a city
略 lüè approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
络 luò web, net; to entangle
阁 gé cabinet, chamber, pavilion
酪 lào cream, cheese; koumiss
胳 gē arms; armpit
咯 gē final particle
骆 luò camel
烙 lào to burn, to brand; hot iron
恪 kè respectful, reverent
珞 luò a kind of necklace
貉 mò raccoon dog
骼 gé bone, skeleton; corpse
饹 gē buckwheat or sorghum noodles
铬 gè chromium
袼 gē gusset, cloth fitting-sleeve
硌 gè hard, bulging

Words containing 路

WordPinyinMeaning
一路上 yī lù shàng along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time
一路平安 yī lù píng ān to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage!
分头路 fēn tóu lù part (in one's hair)
公路自行车 gōng lù zì xíng chē racing bicycle; road bike
大路 dà lù avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2]
子路 Zǐ Lù Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 L…
路子 lù zi method; way; approach
路人 lù rén passer-by; stranger
一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the sa…
山路 shān lù mountain road
水路 shuǐ lù waterway
中路 zhōng lù midway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer)
头路 tóu lù clue; thread (of a story); mate; first class
心路 xīn lù scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention; motive; train of thought; brains; wit; ideas
马路口 mǎ lù kǒu intersection (of roads)
上天无路,入地无门 shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); fig. to be at the end o…
生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament
路南区 Lù nán Qū Lunan, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei
路面电车 lù miàn diàn chē (Tw) tram; streetcar
马路 mǎ lù street; road; CL:條|条[tiao2]