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卤
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brine

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
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Depicts a container used for for salt extraction.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
卤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
卤 / 鹵 [lǔ]
alkaline soil; salt; brine; halogen (chemistry); crass; stupid
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (20)
卤莽 [lǔ​mǎng] #31,502
variant of 魯莽|鲁莽[lǔ​mǎng]
卤水 [lǔ​shuǐ] #63,887
brine
卤素 [lǔ​sù] #50,119
halogen (chemistry)
卤化物 [lǔ​huà​wù] #49,768
halide (i.e. fluoride, chloride, bromide etc)
盐卤 [yán​lǔ] #54,152
brine
卤化 [lǔ​huà] #55,298
to halogenate
光卤石 [guāng​lǔ​shí] #58,921
carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)
卤代烃 [lǔ​dài​tīng] #61,203
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
卤族 [lǔ​zú] #67,461
see 鹵素|卤素[lǔ​sù]
拟卤素 [nǐ​lǔ​sù]
pseudohalogen, e.g. cyanogen (CN)2
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JAPANESE WORDS (5)
鹵獲 [ろかく] #49,160
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.)
鹵獲品 [ろかくひん] #123,890
plunder
鹵簿 [ろぼ] #149,153
Imperial cortege (procession)
光鹵石 [こうろせき]
carnallite
鹵石 [ろせき]
halide