Read Edit View history 蘆 lú rushes Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas lú ×lu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 芦 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蘆 Simp strokes 蘆 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蘆 Simp strokes 蘆 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蘆 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 367, 820 ], [ 405, 796 ], [ 435, 679 ] ], [ [ 208, 726 ], [ 262, 710 ], [ 463, 756 ] ], [ [ 607, 853 ], [ 620, 846 ], [ 638, 818 ], [ 621, 761 ], [ 591, 693 ] ], [ [ 650, 767 ], [ 771, 784 ], [ 823, 779 ], [ 846, 769 ] ], [ [ 483, 705 ], [ 514, 677 ], [ 510, 601 ], [ 496, 591 ] ], [ [ 539, 633 ], [ 618, 655 ], [ 687, 663 ] ], [ [ 316, 547 ], [ 333, 535 ], [ 553, 578 ], [ 686, 598 ], [ 742, 599 ], [ 765, 589 ], [ 782, 564 ], [ 712, 486 ] ], [ [ 248, 557 ], [ 280, 524 ], [ 286, 508 ], [ 259, 287 ], [ 228, 185 ], [ 186, 94 ], [ 133, 13 ], [ 101, -22 ] ], [ [ 379, 452 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382 111 382 112 370 116 Z", "M 746 15 Q 773 72 794 93 Q 804 102 802 113 Q 796 129 744 158 Q 731 167 717 164 Q 561 134 370 116 C 340 113 356 77 386 81 Q 396 81 405 84 Q 436 91 469 95 L 491 99 Q 531 106 573 112 L 609 117 Q 697 132 714 120 Q 718 116 717 104 Q 707 64 689 8 C 680 -21 733 -12 746 15 Z", "M 513 -6 Q 516 48 492 97 Q 491 98 491 99 C 478 126 464 124 469 95 Q 472 80 473 57 Q 473 15 488 -8 C 504 -34 512 -36 513 -6 Z", "M 595 0 Q 602 18 618 58 Q 622 70 630 85 Q 637 95 631 101 Q 624 110 609 117 C 582 130 555 136 573 112 Q 589 96 573 7 Q 572 3 571 -2 C 565 -31 584 -28 595 0 Z", "M 368 -15 Q 311 -16 253 -20 Q 234 -21 247 -38 Q 259 -51 275 -58 Q 294 -64 309 -61 Q 508 -19 857 -43 Q 875 -44 880 -37 Q 886 -27 872 -13 Q 824 29 761 17 Q 754 17 746 15 L 689 8 Q 646 7 595 0 L 571 -2 Q 561 -1 549 -3 Q 531 -4 513 -6 L 488 -8 Q 445 -9 400 -13 L 368 -15 Z" ] } 20 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source 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