Read Edit View history Discussion 緑 lǜlù HSK2 green Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangroɡ 說文解字 帛青黃色也。从糸彔聲。 Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字) 绿 lǜ green Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綠. Components 纟 纟 Meaning component sī silk 纟 is a component form of 糸. 录 录 Sound component lù copy Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode