鹭 (lù) — heron; egret (family Ardeidae)
Definition
鹭 (lù) is the bound-form noun for heron or egret — long-legged wading birds. It never stands alone; it attaches to a qualifier (白鹭, 苍鹭) to name a specific species.
bound form
heronegret (family Ardeidae)
Examples
- 。Hú miàn shàng fēi guò yì zhī bái lù.A white egret flew across the lake.
- 鹭。Wǒ men zài zhè piàn shī dì kàn dào le xǔ duō cāng lù.We saw many grey herons in this wetland.
- 鹭。Jǐ zhī lù niǎo zài hé biān bǔ yú.A few herons are fishing by the river.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鷺; 鹭 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
鳥鳥niǎobird
The traditional form 鷺 has 鳥, a bird, and 路 for the sound; the simplified 鹭 is a later shorthand.
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