绿
JLPT HSK 3

lǜ
Left: thread 纟/糸 (here: plant fiber), right: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = A pressing hand 彐 lets liquid 水 drop out)
When plant fibers 纟are squeezed by hand 彐, the drops of liquid 水 are: green.

	汁
JLPT HSK 4

zhī
Left: water 氵, right: ten 十 (simplified from 录 - cf. green 绿 where plant fibers 纟 are pressed by hand 彐 and green liquid 水 drips down.)
The water that drops down from the pressing hand is: juice.

	录
JLPT HSK 5

lù
Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.

	剥
JLPT HSK 6

bāo, bō
Left: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = part of green 绿 where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges), right: knife, to cut刂
What can be squeezed or cut, can be peeled.

	碌
JLPT HSK 6

lù
Left: stone 石, right: diary, record 录 ("sqeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 and green 绿 liquid 水 drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.

	禄
JLPT no HSK

lù
Left: to show 礻(=示, image of an altar, where things are shown), right: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿, where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges.)
From an altar it can be "squeezed out" an: official salary.

	氯
JLPT no HSK

lǜ
Top: gas, air 气, below: diary, record 录 ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿 When fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges)
(electrochemical extraction) The gas obtained by a "squeeze out" is: chlorine.