櫚 meaning and stroke order
Palm tree
How to write 櫚, stroke by stroke
18 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 櫚
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- palm tree
How 櫚 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Tree.
木 gives the meaning and 閭 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 櫚
櫚 (lǘ) puts the tree radical 木 next to 閭 (lǘ), which gives the sound. Picture a tall tree standing beside a village gate, and you have the palm tree.
櫚 almost never appears alone. It is used in the word 棕櫚 (zōnglǘ), palm tree, often with 樹 (shù) added. Example: 海邊有很多棕櫚樹。(Hǎibiān yǒu hěn duō zōnglǘshù.) There are many palm trees by the sea.
Common mistake: Learners often read 櫚 as lú because of similar characters like 驢 (lǘ) and 爐 (lú). Remember it has the ü sound with a rising tone: lǘ, typed as lv2 on most keyboards.
Common words with 櫚
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 櫚
How many strokes are in 櫚?
櫚 is written with 18 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 櫚 mean?
櫚 (lǘ) means palm tree. A common word with it is 棕榈 (zōnglǘ), meaning "palm tree".
How do you pronounce 櫚?
櫚 is pronounced lǘ, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 櫚?
The radical of 櫚 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 櫚 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 櫚?
櫚 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 榈, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 棕櫚 the same as 椰子樹 (coconut tree)?
Not exactly. 棕櫚 is the general word for palm trees, while 椰子樹 (yēzishù) means the coconut palm specifically. A coconut tree is one kind of 棕櫚.
Why does the simplified word list show 榈 instead of 櫚?
櫚 is the traditional form and 榈 is the simplified form of the same character. Mainland China uses 棕榈, while Taiwan and Hong Kong write 棕櫚.