录 — Chinese character
录
lù
to copy, to record, to write down
- Pinyin
- lù
- Radical
- 58 ⼹ (Snout)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 彐 氺
- Formation
- pictographic — A brush used to record stories
- Traditional
- 録
Common words with 录
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferred for noun senses, |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
| 录像 (錄像) | lù xiàng | to videotape; to videorecord |
| 纪录片 (紀錄片) | jì lù piàn | newsreel; documentary (film or TV program) |
| 登录 (登錄) | dēng lù | to register; to log in |
| 录取 (錄取) | lù qǔ | to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student) |
| 收录 (收錄) | shōu lù | to include (in a collection); to put together (stories, poems etc) |
| 录制 (錄製) | lù zhì | to record (video or audio) |
| 备忘录 (備忘錄) | bèi wàng lù | memorandum; aide-memoire |
| 回忆录 (回憶錄) | huí yì lù | memoir |
English words written with 录
- include
- record
- documentary
- contents
- diary
- directory
- catalog
- bibliography
- memoir
- recorder
- transcription
- quotation
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.