路
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road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
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Dict coverage rank #125 U+8DEF
How 路 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 各 (phonetic, gè)
How to remember it
path · Heisig RSH #1051
wooden leg + 各 each
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 各
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 各 (gè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 各 sound component | gè | individual; each, every; all |
| 格 | gé | form, pattern, standard |
| 洛 | luò | a river in the Shanxi province; a city |
| 略 | lüè | approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot |
| 络 | luò | web, net; to entangle |
| 阁 | gé | cabinet, chamber, pavilion |
| 酪 | lào | cream, cheese; koumiss |
| 胳 | gē | arms; armpit |
| 咯 | gē | final particle |
| 骆 | luò | camel |
| 烙 | lào | to burn, to brand; hot iron |
| 恪 | kè | respectful, reverent |
| 珞 | luò | a kind of necklace |
| 貉 | mò | raccoon dog |
| 骼 | gé | bone, skeleton; corpse |
| 饹 | gē | buckwheat or sorghum noodles |
| 铬 | gè | chromium |
| 袼 | gē | gusset, cloth fitting-sleeve |
| 硌 | gè | hard, bulging |
Words containing 路
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一路上 | yī lù shàng | along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time |
| 一路平安 | yī lù píng ān | to have a pleasant journey; Bon voyage! |
| 分头路 | fēn tóu lù | part (in one's hair) |
| 公路自行车 | gōng lù zì xíng chē | racing bicycle; road bike |
| 大路 | dà lù | avenue; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 子路 | Zǐ Lù | Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 L… |
| 路子 | lù zi | method; way; approach |
| 路人 | lù rén | passer-by; stranger |
| 一路 | yī lù | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the sa… |
| 山路 | shān lù | mountain road |
| 水路 | shuǐ lù | waterway |
| 中路 | zhōng lù | midway; mediocre (quality); midfield (soccer) |
| 头路 | tóu lù | clue; thread (of a story); mate; first class |
| 心路 | xīn lù | scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention; motive; train of thought; brains; wit; ideas |
| 马路口 | mǎ lù kǒu | intersection (of roads) |
| 上天无路，入地无门 | shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén | lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom); fig. to be at the end o… |
| 生路 | shēng lù | a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament |
| 路南区 | Lù nán Qū | Lunan, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 路面电车 | lù miàn diàn chē | (Tw) tram; streetcar |
| 马路 | mǎ lù | street; road; CL:條|条[tiao2] |