Character Familiesleft / right

路lù

road; way; route; journey; way out; means

路 is a road or way, on foot or in traffic — and by extension your way forward.

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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

left / right

ZDIC: 形声; the foot side carries the meaning, 各 the sound.

left / right · 路

WHOLE CHARACTER

road; way; route; journey; way out; means

路 is a road or way, on foot or in traffic — and by extension your way forward.

ZDIC: 形声; the foot side carries the meaning, 各 the sound.

MEANING

foot; enough

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.

In 路: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

SOUND

each; every

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its historical sound role in characters like 客 and 路.

In 路: sound Sound side per ZDIC: gè and lù share tone 4; the initial (g/l) and final (e/u) differ.

lùTone 4

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ZDIC: 形声; the foot side carries the meaning, 各 the sound.

跟 gēn — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 路.

客 kè — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 路.

跑 pǎo, páo — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 路.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: 65480594c3824594b59ca29da6cfbdd248735af6e08b3bf4cbfec40caced213f. Captured 2026-11-01T01:46:16.488Z.
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