lǜ
green
Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綠.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 绿
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
green | ||
green | ||
to reforest | ||
green light | ||
green area (e.g. urban park or garden) |
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 20.2146% of movies
1416th most common character in movies
1088th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7EFF |
Sources
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