Chinese symbol for “reed”
芦苇
lú wěi
Traditional: 蘆葦
reed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reed is 芦苇 (lú wěi), defined as: reed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 簧 | huáng | reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil |
| 苇 (葦) | wěi | (bound form) reed |
| 芦 (蘆) | lú | (bound form) reed |
| 簧片 | huáng piàn | reed (music) |
| 蒹 | jiān | reed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 芦苇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 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 |
| 芦苇荡 (蘆葦蕩) | lú wěi dàng | reedy wetland |
| 苇席 (葦席) | wěi xí | reed mat |
| 厚嘴苇莺 (厚嘴葦鶯) | hòu zuǐ wěi yīng | (bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Arundinax aedon) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reed”.
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.