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氯 meaning and stroke order

lǜ

Chlorine

12 strokesRadical 气
Strokes12
Pinyinlǜ
ToneTone 4
Frequency#4,646
Printable worksheet

How to write 氯, stroke by stroke

12 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 氯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

lǜfourth tone (falling)
  1. chlorine (chemistry)

How 氯 is built

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

qìgas+lùdiary

气 gives the meaning and 录 hints at the sound.

Radical: 气 (air), shared by 24 characters on this site.

How to remember 氯

The 气 (qì, gas) frame tells you this is a gas, and 录 (lù) inside gives the sound. Picture a greenish gas wrapped around 录 to remember chlorine, lǜ.

氯 appears mainly in chemistry and everyday words for chlorine compounds, such as 氯气 (lǜqì, chlorine gas) and 氯化钠 (lǜhuànà, sodium chloride). Example: 游泳池里有氯的味道。(Yóuyǒngchí lǐ yǒu lǜ de wèidào.) The swimming pool smells of chlorine.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 氯 (lǜ) with 绿 (lǜ, green), which has the same sound and the same 录 part but uses the silk radical 纟. Also remember the pinyin needs ü, so write lǜ, not lù, which would match the phonetic 录 but not this character.

氯 in example sentences

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

自zì来lái水shuǐ有yǒu可kě能néng含hán有yǒu氯lǜ、铅qiān等děng有yǒu害hài物wù质zhì。
There's a chance that tap water may contain harmful substances like chlorine and lead.

Questions about 氯

How many strokes are in 氯?

氯 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 氯 mean?

氯 (lǜ) means chlorine.

How do you pronounce 氯?

氯 is pronounced lǜ, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 氯?

The radical of 氯 is 气, which carries the idea of "air". Dictionaries list 氯 under this radical.

Why do so many gas elements in Chinese start with 气?

Chinese chemistry names use the 气 radical for elements that are gases at room temperature, such as 氧 (yǎng, oxygen), 氢 (qīng, hydrogen) and 氮 (dàn, nitrogen). The other part usually hints at the pronunciation, as 录 does in 氯.

How do you say chloride or chlorinated in Chinese?

Chloride is usually 氯化物 (lǜhuàwù), and 氯化 (lǜhuà) is used to mean chlorinate or chlorinated. For example, 氯化钙 (lǜhuàgài) is calcium chloride.