| 鏤 | |||
| carve, inlay, engrave, tattoo | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 11 | Total Strokes | 19 |
| Mandarin reading | loù lǘ | Cantonese reading | lau6 |
| Japanese on reading | rou ru | Japanese kun reading | chiribameru |
| Korean reading | lwu | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 镂 | ||
| 鏤 | [ loù ] to engrave, to carve, hard steel |
| 鏤刻 | [ loù kè ] to carve, to engrave |
| 鏤空 | [ loù kōng ] openwork, fretwork |
| ⇒ 銘心鏤骨 | [ míng xīn loù gǔ ] engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives, undying gratitude |
| ⇒ 鐫鏤 | [ juān loù ] to engrave |