IDENTITY
绿lǜgreen
HSK 2Top 1900
CORE MEANING
green
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.greenHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 纟silk radical (sī)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰纟录
- silk radical; dyed silk cloth
- gives the sound lǜ
USAGE
Common words
绿色lǜsègreen (color)
绿茶lǜchágreen tea
绿灯lǜdēnggreen light
Graded examples
她喜欢穿绿色的衣服。Tā xǐhuan chuān lǜsè de yīfu.HSK2
She likes wearing green clothes.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Silk (纟) dyed with plant juice (录) comes out green.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1900
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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