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cormorant

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Birds
lú
ロ
かしら、あたま
Components
Traditional (鸕)
盧 Louvre+ 鳥 bird =
鸕 cormorant
盧 Phonetic component
Louvre
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鳥 Meaning component
bird
bird
Simplified (鸬)
卢 rice vessel+ 鸟 bird =
鸬 cormorant
卢 Phonetic component
lú rice vessel
cottage, hut
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鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
bird
Notes
Similar Characters
廬 name (trad)瀘 river (trad)爐 stove (trad)膚 skin (trad/jp)臚 arrange in order (trad)蘆 reeds (trad)轤 windlass (trad)鑪 oven (trad)顱 skull (trad)驢 donkey (trad)鱸 sea (trad)梟 owl (trad)鳧 duck (trad)鳩 dove (trad)鳳 male phoenix (trad)鳴 twitter (trad/jp)鳶 milvus (trad)鴂 the tailor-bird鴆 a bird resembling (trad)鴇 bustard (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鸬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鸬 / 鸕 [lú]
cormorant
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (6)
鸬鹚 [lú​cí] #38,937
cormorant
普通鸬鹚 [pǔ​tōng​lú​cí]
(bird species of China) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
暗绿背鸬鹚 [àn​lǜ​bèi​lú​cí]
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
海鸬鹚 [hǎi​lú​cí]
(bird species of China) pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
红脸鸬鹚 [hóng​liǎn​lú​cí]
(bird species of China) red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile)
黑颈鸬鹚 [hēi​jǐng​lú​cí]
(bird species of China) little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)