Chinese symbol for “dew”
露
lù
dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dew is 露 (lù), defined as: dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dew”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 露.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 揭露 | jiē lù | to expose; to unmask |
| 暴露 | bào lù | to expose; to reveal |
| 露出 | lù chū | to expose; to show |
| 披露 | pī lù | to reveal; to publish |
| 泄露 | xiè lòu | to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xie4lu4] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dew”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.