漉

lù

氵 + 鹿

Definitions

lù strain liquids

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 鹿 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 鹿

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漉 is a phonosemantic compound: the left-side radical 氵, representing water or liquid, indicates the meaning, while the right-side component 鹿 (deer) serves only to indicate the sound. This character is a precise verb for filtering, straining, or seeping liquid through a porous material to separate out solid particles. Historically, it is used in brewing alcohol, preparing medicinal decoctions, and other culinary contexts where purifying a liquid is necessary. Tightly tied to this fluid dynamic by its water radical, the character remains highly specialized in technical, culinary, and classical literary contexts, and is rarely employed in everyday metaphorical language.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

他用漉网过滤水。

Tā yòng lù wǎng guòlǜ shuǐ.

He uses a strainer to filter water.

漉豆浆需要细心。

Lù dòujiāng xūyào xìxīn.

Straining soy milk requires carefulness.

她漉去汤里的油脂。

Tā lù qù tāng lǐ de yóuzhī.

She strains the grease out of the soup.

漉酒过程非常缓慢。

Lù jiǔ guòchéng fēicháng huǎnmàn.

The wine straining process is very slow.

工人用漉网漉出河中的泥沙。

Gōngrén yòng lù wǎng lù chū hé zhōng de níshā.

Workers use a strainer to remove sediment from the river.

经过漉析，液体变得清澈。

Jīngguò lù xī, yètǐ biàn de qīngchè.

After filtration, the liquid becomes clear.

在化学实验中，漉滤是常用方法。

Zài huàxué shíyàn zhōng, lù lǜ shì chángyòng fāngfǎ.

In chemical experiments, filtration is a commonly used method.

汗水漉漉的头发贴在他的额头上。

Hànshuǐ lù lù de tóufa tiē zài tā de étóu shàng.

His hair, wet with sweat, clung to his forehead.

Related Characters

Component: 氵

Component: 鹿

漉