露
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dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
21 strokes
Dict coverage rank #584 U+9732
How 露 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
雨 (semantic, “rain”) + 路 (phonetic, lù)
How to remember it
dew · Heisig RSH #1052
雨 rain + 路 path
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 路
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 路 (lù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 路 sound component | lù | road, path, street; journey |
| 鹭 | lù | heron, egret; Ardea species (various) |
| 潞 | lù | a river in northern China |
| 璐 | lù | a beautiful variety of jade |
Words containing 露
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄土不露天 | huáng tǔ bù lù tiān | a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern Chin… |
| 花露水 | huā lù shuǐ | perfumed toilet water; eau de cologne; floral water; hydrosol |
| 露一手 | lòu yī shǒu | to show off one's abilities; to exhibit one's skills |
| 真人不露相 | zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng | the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom) |
| 不外露 | bù wài lù | not exposed; concealed from view |
| 不露声色 | bù lù shēng sè | not show one's feeling or intentions |
| 人生如朝露 | rén shēng rú zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human exist… |
| 三点全露 | sān diǎn quán lòu | (slang) naked; nude |
| 露出马脚 | lù chū mǎ jiǎo | to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away |
| 人生朝露 | rén shēng zhāo lù | human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human exist… |
| 不显山不露水 | bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ | lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key fa… |
| 一夜露水 | yī yè lù shui | one-night stand; ephemeral |
| 圣露西亚 | Shèng lù xī yà | Saint Lucia (Tw) |
| 电光朝露 | diàn guāng zhāo lù | flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral; impermanent |
| 露马脚 | lòu mǎ jiǎo | to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away |
| 西米露 | xī mǐ lù | tapioca pudding; sago pudding |
| 露水 | lù shuǐ | dew; fig. short-lasting; ephemeral |
| 露头 | lòu tóu | to show one's head; to give a sign to show one's presence |
| 果子露 | guǒ zi lù | fruit drink |
| 露天 | lù tiān | outdoors; al fresco; in the open |