滷 meaning and stroke order
Sauce, gravy, broth; brine
How to write 滷, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
Meaning of 滷
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to stew in soy sauce and spices
How 滷 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Salt 鹵 water 氵; 鹵 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 氵 (water), shared by 467 characters on this site.
How to remember 滷
滷 combines water 氵 with 鹵 (lǔ), salt. Salty water is brine, and a salty, spiced liquid is what you stew food in. 鹵 also gives the sound lǔ.
滷 is the traditional form, and 卤 is the simplified one used in mainland China. As a verb it means to braise food slowly in soy sauce and spices. As a noun it means that braising sauce or a thick gravy. Example: 我爱吃滷蛋。(Wǒ ài chī lǔdàn.) I love eating soy-braised eggs.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes drop the water radical and write 鹵 alone. In traditional texts 鹵 usually means salt or brine, while 滷 is the usual choice for the cooking sense. Also keep the third tone in lǔ, and do not confuse it with 鲁 (lǔ), the name of Shandong.
Common words with 滷
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 滷味 | lǔwèi | food braised in soy sauce and spices | HSK 7-9 |
Questions about 滷
How many strokes are in 滷?
滷 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 滷 mean?
滷 (lǔ) means sauce, gravy, broth; brine. A common word with it is 卤味 (lǔwèi), meaning "food braised in soy sauce and spices".
How do you pronounce 滷?
滷 is pronounced lǔ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 滷?
The radical of 滷 is 氵, which carries the idea of "water". Dictionaries list 滷 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 滷?
滷 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 卤, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is 滷肉飯 (lǔròufàn)?
It is a Taiwanese dish of rice topped with minced pork braised in soy sauce and spices. Its name shows how 滷 describes slow braising in a seasoned sauce.
Is 滷 the same as 紅燒 (hóngshāo)?
Both use soy sauce, but they are different methods. 滷 usually means simmering food in a large pot of spiced liquid that is often reused. 紅燒 means braising with less liquid that reduces into a glossy sauce.