陋 — Chinese character
陋
lòu
coarse, crude; narrow; ugly
- Pinyin
- lòu
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 阝 乚 丙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — village; meaning component 阝
- Japanese
- 陋 as a kanji
Common words with 陋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑陋 (醜陋) | chǒu lòu | ugly |
| 简陋 (簡陋) | jiǎn lòu | simple and crude |
| 陋习 (陋習) | lòu xí | corrupt practice; bad habits |
| 孤陋寡闻 (孤陋寡聞) | gū lòu guǎ wén | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded |
| 粗陋 | cū lòu | crude; coarse |
| 因陋就简 (因陋就簡) | yīn lòu jiù jiǎn | crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily |
| 陋俗 | lòu sú | undesirable customs |
| 浅陋 (淺陋) | qiǎn lòu | shallow and crude; meager (knowledge or skill) |
| 鄙陋 | bǐ lòu | superficial; shallow |
| 陈规陋习 (陳規陋習) | chén guī lòu xí | (idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways |
| 陋规 (陋規) | lòu guī | objectionable practices |
| 孤陋 | gū lòu | ignorant; ill-informed |
English words written with 陋
陋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 7
- Analects 6.9
- Analects 9.13
- Mencius 4B.29
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
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