漉

lù

氵 + 鹿

Definitions

lù strain liquids

Etymology

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

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 鹿

About

The character 漉 is a phono-semantic compound. Its left-side radical 氵 denotes water or liquid, while the right-side component 鹿, meaning deer, serves solely as the phonetic element. As a verb, 漉 precisely describes the act of filtering, straining, or seeping liquid through a porous material to separate solids from the fluid. Historically, it appears in contexts such as brewing alcohol, preparing medicinal decoctions, or culinary processes requiring the purification of a liquid mixture. Due to its specific meaning tied to fluid dynamics and the water radical, the character remains specialized within technical, culinary, or classical literary contexts and is seldom used in general metaphorical conversation.

Etymology Hide

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