Hanja Analyzer
蘆

蘆 — ro, ryeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갈대 로, 꼭두서니 려
Romanization
ro, ryeo
English
rushes, reeds
Mandarin
lú
Japanese on'yomi
ロ, リョ, ラ
Japanese kun'yomi
あし よし
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Variant forms
芦
Radical
艸 (140, 16 residual)
Phonetic component
盧(로)
Unicode
U+8606

Parts that make up 蘆

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 盧 성(姓) 로sound 불 위에 얹은 화로‘로’ 계열의 소리

How 蘆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蘆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 盧.

Korean example words with 蘆

  • 노추蘆錐 Korean gloss: 갈대의 싹
  • 노적蘆笛 Korean gloss: 갈대의 줄기나 잎을 말아서 만든 피리
  • 노계蘆溪 Korean gloss: ‘박인로’의 호.
  • 노장蘆場 Korean gloss: 갈대가 우거진 곳.
  • 노전蘆田 Korean gloss: 갈대가 우거진 곳.
  • 장로長蘆 Korean gloss: 심어서 기른 산삼.
  • 노저蘆渚 Korean gloss: 갈대가 우거진 물가.
  • 노정蘆汀 Korean gloss: 갈대가 우거진 물가.
  • 노설蘆雪 Korean gloss: 눈처럼 흰 갈대의 이삭.
  • 노번蘆藩 Korean gloss: 갈대를 엮어 만든 울타리.
  • 노안蘆雁 Korean gloss: 갈대밭에 내려앉은 기러기.
  • 노안蘆岸 Korean gloss: 갈대가 무성한 물가의 언덕.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 蘆

  • 蘆薈ろかい aloe
  • 葫蘆ころ calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
  • 蘆木ろぼく calamite
  • 蘆荻ろてき reeds; reed and silver grass

Characters sharing the phonetic 盧

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “로” in Korean.

壚 廬 瀘 爐 纑 臚 艫 轤 鑪 顱 驢 鱸 鸕

Other hanja read “로”

労 勞 哰 嚕 嚧 壚 撈 擄 櫓 滷 潞 瀘 炉 爐 玈 癆 盧 窂 簵 纑 老 艪 艫 虜 路 輅 轤 鐪 鑪 露 顱 髗 魯 鱸 鷺 鸕 鹵

Other hanja with radical 艸

艸 艽 艾 芃 芄 芈 芊 芋 芍 芎 芐 芑 芒 芔 芘 芙 芚 芝 芟 芡 芢 芣 芥 芦 芧 芨 芩 芪 芫 芬 芭 芮 芯 芰 花 芳 芷 芸 芹 芻 芼 芽 芾 芿 苅 苑 苒 苓 苔 苕 苗 苙 苛 苜 苞 苟 苠 苡 苢 苣

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