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榈 meaning and stroke order

lǘ

Palm tree

13 strokesRadical 木Traditional 櫚
Strokes13
Pinyinlǘ
ToneTone 2
Frequency#3,655
Printable worksheet

How to write 榈, stroke by stroke

13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 榈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

lǘsecond tone (rising)
  1. palm tree

How 榈 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Tree.

mùtree+lǘa village of twen…

木 gives the meaning and 闾 hints at the sound.

Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.

How to remember 榈

榈 is a tree 木 (mù) on the left with 闾 (lǘ) on the right, which gives the sound. Picture a tall palm tree 木 standing by a village gate 闾, and you have the palm tree, lǘ.

榈 almost never appears alone. It is used in the word 棕榈 (zōnglǘ), palm tree, often with 树 (shù) added. Example: 海边有很多棕榈树。(Hǎibiān yǒu hěn duō zōnglǘshù.) There are many palm trees by the sea.

Common mistake: Learners often say lú or lǚ instead of lǘ, which is second tone with ü. Do not confuse the right side 闾 with 吕 (lǚ) alone, and do not write 门 as a full traditional 門 in simplified text.

Common words with 榈

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
棕榈zōnglǘpalm tree
棕榈树zōnglǘshùpalm tree

榈 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

棕zōng榈lǘ树shù最zuì高gāo是shì多duō高gāo？
How tall do most palm trees grow?
齐qí里lǐ向xiàng里lǐ玛mǎ示shì范fàn如rú何hé正zhèng确què修xiū剪jiǎn棕zōng榈lǘ树shù。
Ziri showed Rima how to properly prune her palm trees.
棕zōng榈lǘ油yóu制zhì造zào是shì导dǎo致zhì印yìn度dù尼ní西xī亚yà森sēn林lín砍kǎn伐fá的de主zhǔ要yào原yuán因yīn。
Palm oil production is the leading cause of deforestation in Indonesia.

Questions about 榈

How many strokes are in 榈?

榈 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 榈 mean?

榈 (lǘ) means palm tree. A common word with it is 棕榈 (zōnglǘ), meaning "palm tree".

How do you pronounce 榈?

榈 is pronounced lǘ, in the second tone (rising).

What is the radical of 榈?

The radical of 榈 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 榈 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 榈?

The traditional form of 榈 is 櫚. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 榈 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.

How do I type 榈 with pinyin input?

Type lv, because most pinyin keyboards use v for ü. Typing zonglv usually brings up 棕榈 directly.

Is 棕榈 the same as a coconut tree?

Not exactly. 棕榈 is the general word for palm trees. A coconut tree is usually called 椰子树 (yēzishù).