Memory phrase for the character: 绿

绿

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Meaning

green

Pronunciation

lǜ

Explanation

 Left: thread 纟/糸 (here: plant fiber), right: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = A pressing hand 彐 lets liquid 水 drop out)

Mnemonic
 
When plant fibers 纟are squeezed by hand 彐, the drops of liquid 水 are: green.

Radicals

糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
录 squeeze outThe hanzi 录 has the meaning: to keep a record/to transcribe, but is used as a radical with the meaning “to squeeze out”, as this shows a hand 彐 squeezing out a liquid 水.




 Vocabulary

绿色 lǜ sè  green
绿肥 lǜ féi  green manure
鸭绿江 Yā lǜ jiāng  Yalu River
碧绿 bì lǜ  dark green
翠绿 cuì lǜ  greenish-blue; emerald green
绿莹莹 lǜ yīng yīng  green and lush
绿草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn  green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
绿草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn  

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