鹭

鹭 · lù

heron, egret; Ardea species (various)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
lù
Cantonese
lou6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

heron, egret; Ardea species (various)

Dictionary definitions & readings

鹭 lù · heron

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0739.040:lù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
234.200:lù Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RRPYM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6712 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1505.141 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9E6D
Radical
鸟 · 196
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6334

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Stroke order

18 strokes
鹭
Strokes
18
Convention
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18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鷺

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
74664.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74664.100
kIRGKangXi
1505.141
kKangXi
1505.141
kCangjie
RRPYM
kFourCornerCode
6712
kPhonetic
826
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7058
kRSUnicode
196'.13
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
27624D
kEACC
27624D
kGB0
8056
kMainlandTelegraph
7752
kTGH
2013:6334
kCantonese
lou6
kDefinition
heron, egret; Ardea species (various)
kMandarin
lù
kTGHZ2013
234.200:lù
kXHC1983
0739.040:lù
kTraditionalVariant
U+9DFA

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Structure & connections

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⿱ Above / below

Shape description
路 above 鸟 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱路鸟$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱路鸟$(G)

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