Chinese Character Wiki

蓼

liǎo, lù

smartweed

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

翏 sound component

翏  Sound component

liù

  

to sweep away, to remove

Evolution

蓼 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
蓼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蓼 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蓼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蓼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蓼  

liǎo

smartweed, polygonum; polygonum; smartweed

蓼  

lù

luxuriant growth

Most common words with 蓼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蓼

polygonum

蓼蓝

indigo dye

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5931st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+84FC

Shuowen

“蓼，辛菜，薔虞也。从艸，翏聲。”


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