盧 meaning and stroke order
Cottage, hut; black; surname
How to write 盧, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 盧
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (old) rice vessel
- black
- old variant of 廬|庐[lu2]
- (slang) (Tw) troublesome
- fussy
How 盧 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character.
虍 hints at the sound.
Radical: 皿 (dish), shared by 28 characters on this site.
How to remember 盧
Picture a tiger head 虍 crouching over a field 田 that sits on top of a dish 皿. The old meaning was a rice vessel, so think of a tiger guarding a bowl of rice from the fields. The 虍 part also hints at the sound.
Today 盧 (simplified 卢) appears mostly as a surname and in sound loanwords for foreign words. In Taiwan slang it can describe someone who is fussy or troublesome. Example: 他很盧。(Tā hěn lú.) He is really annoying and pushy.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 盧 with 廬 (lú, hut), which adds the 广 roof on top. They also confuse 盧 with 慮 (lǜ, to consider), which has the same tiger top but 心 underneath and a fourth tone.
Common words with 盧
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 盧比 | lúbǐ | (loanword) rupee (Indian currency) | |
| 盧布 | lúbù | (loanword) ruble (Russian currency) | |
| 盧瑟 | lúsè | (loanword) loser |
Characters that contain 盧
Learning 盧 makes these easier to recognize and write.
Questions about 盧
How many strokes are in 盧?
盧 is written with 16 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 盧 mean?
盧 (lú) means cottage, hut; black; surname. A common word with it is 卢比 (lúbǐ), meaning "(loanword) rupee (Indian currency)".
How do you pronounce 盧?
盧 is pronounced lú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 盧?
The radical of 盧 is 皿, which carries the idea of "dish". Dictionaries list 盧 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 盧?
盧 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 卢, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 盧 show up in words like rupee and ruble?
Chinese uses characters for their sound when borrowing foreign words. 盧 (卢) gives the lu sound, so 卢比 (lúbǐ) is rupee and 卢布 (lúbù) is ruble. The meaning of the character plays no role in these words.
Is 盧 a common surname?
Yes, 卢 (Lú) is a well known Chinese surname. In Hong Kong it is often romanized as Lo, and in Korea the same character is the surname Noh.