璐 meaning and stroke order
A beautiful variety of jade
How to write 璐, stroke by stroke
17 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 璐
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- beautiful jade
How 璐 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Jade.
王 gives the meaning and 路 hints at the sound.
Radical: 王 (king), shared by 104 characters on this site.
How to remember 璐
The left side 王 is the jade radical, a short form of 玉 (yù), and the right side 路 (lù, road) gives the sound. Picture a road paved with beautiful jade, and you have 璐 (lù).
璐 is a literary character that rarely appears in everyday speech. Today you mostly see it in given names, especially for girls, because it suggests something precious and lovely. Example: 她叫王璐。(Tā jiào Wáng Lù.) Her name is Wang Lu.
Common mistake: Learners often write 路 (lù, road) when they mean 璐 in a name, since the two sound exactly the same. If the word refers to a person's name or to jade, check for the 王 on the left.
Questions about 璐
How many strokes are in 璐?
璐 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 璐 mean?
璐 (lù) means a beautiful variety of jade.
How do you pronounce 璐?
璐 is pronounced lù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 璐?
The radical of 璐 is 王, which carries the idea of "king". Dictionaries list 璐 under this radical.
Why does 璐 have 王 (king) on the left if it means jade?
When 玉 (jade) appears on the left side of a character, it is written without its dot and looks like 王. So in 璐 it signals jade, not a king. You can see the same thing in 珠 (zhū, pearl) and 球 (qiú, ball).
Is 璐 used in any common words besides names?
Not really. It appears in classical texts in the sense of fine jade, and in phrases like 璐璐 used as a name. In modern Chinese you will almost only meet it in personal names.