芦 — Chinese character
芦
lú
rushes, reeds
- Pinyin
- lú
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 艹 户
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 户
- Traditional
- 蘆
- Japanese
- 芦 as a kanji
Common words with 芦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 芦苇 (蘆葦) | lú wěi | reed |
| 芦荟 (蘆薈) | lú huì | aloe vera |
| 芦笋 (蘆筍) | lú sǔn | asparagus; edible young shoots of reeds |
| 芦笙 (蘆笙) | lú shēng | reed-pipe wind instrument |
| 芦花 (蘆花) | lú huā | reed catkin; reed flower |
| 西葫芦 (西葫蘆) | xī hú lu | zucchini; courgette; baby marrow |
| 糖葫芦 (糖葫蘆) | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 冰糖葫芦 (冰糖葫蘆) | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 芦苇荡 (蘆葦蕩) | lú wěi dàng | reedy wetland |
| 葫芦丝 (葫蘆絲) | hú lú sī | hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument) |
| 芦荻 (蘆荻) | lú dí | reeds |
English words written with 芦
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.