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蘆
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芦
🇨🇳

reeds

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
lú
ロ
あし、よし
로, 려
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蘆)
艹 grass (top)+ 盧 Louvre =
蘆 reeds
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
盧 Phonetic component
Louvre
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Simplified (芦)
艹 grass (top)+ 户 family =
芦 rushes
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
户 Phonetic component
hù family
door
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蘆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
芦 / 蘆 [lú]
rush; reed; Phragmites communis
Japanese
葦 、 蘆 、 葭 、 芦 あし 、 よし 、 アシ 、 ヨシ 同音
nounadj-no usually kana common reed (Phragmites australis)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
人間は一本のアシに過ぎず、その本性はきわめて弱いが、人間は考える葦である。
Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
Japanese Names
蘆 あし
Ashi surname
CHINESE WORDS (49)
葫芦 [hú​lu] #18,208
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
芦笋 [lú​sǔn] #23,181
asparagus
芦苇 [lú​wěi] #31,978
reed
芦荟 [lú​huì] #18,135
aloe vera
葫芦岛 [Hú​lú​dǎo] #28,847
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
西葫芦 [xī​hú​lu] #48,111
zucchini
糖葫芦 [táng​hú​lu] #29,187
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
芦笙 [lú​shēng] #35,217
reed-pipe wind instrument
冰糖葫芦 [bīng​táng​hú​lu] #36,014
tanghulu
葫芦岛市 [Hú​lú​dǎo​shì] #41,821
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
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JAPANESE WORDS (12)
葦 [あし] #31,826
common reed (Phragmites australis)
芦毛 [あしげ] #76,182
dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)
蘆荻 [ろてき] #121,533
reeds
盧溝橋事件 [ろこうきょうじけん] #147,889
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
盧溝橋 [ろこうきょう] #163,831
Marco Polo Bridge (China)
葦笛 [あしぶえ] #178,805
reed pipe
枯葦 [かれあし] #181,548
withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)
葫蘆 [ころ] #197,425
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
葦辺 [あしべ] #201,537
reedy shore
蘆薈 [ろかい] #219,893
aloe
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