WHOLE CHARACTER
绿
green — the color of mixed blue and yellow, like grass and leaves
绿 is green: 绿色 'green', a 绿灯 'green light', 绿茶 'green tea'.
ZDIC: 形声，从纟、录声.
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绿
green — the color of mixed blue and yellow, like grass and leaves
绿 is green: 绿色 'green', a 绿灯 'green light', 绿茶 'green tea'.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
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ZDIC: 形声，从纟、录声.
MEANING: THE SILK-THREAD SIDE (ZDIC 从纟)
纟
silk (from 糸)
The left-side silk form; not a standalone page.
In 绿: meaning: the silk-thread side (ZDIC 从纟) Color words often carry the dyed-thread side.
OLD SOUND SIDE: 录 (LÙ)
录
to record; a record
A standalone character (lù, to record); when a character keeps it as a piece, the sound role is stated on that character's page.
In 绿: old sound side: 录 (lù) lǜ shares the l- opening and the 4th tone; the final differs (u vs ü) — a historical sound side, not a close modern hint.
Tone 4
- green — the color of mixed blue and yellow, like grass and leaves
- 绿色green (color)
- 绿灯green light
- 绿茶green tea
Tone 4set compounds
- green — only in the old set nouns 绿林, 绿营
Same color meaning as lǜ but restricted to a few old set nouns; not a beginner word reading, so no learner words.
No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.
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