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虏
虜
lǔ
1. prisoner of war
2. to capture
3. to take prisoner
4. (old) northern barbarian
5. slave
Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

虏
lǔ
prisoner; to capture, to imprison, to sieze
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (9)

俘虏
fúlǔ
captive
HSK 6
臣虏
chénlǔ
slave
虏获
lǔhuò
capture (people)
鞑虏
Dálǔ
Tartar, insulting term for Manchus used around 1900
亡国虏
wángguólǔ
subjugated people
克虏伯
Kèlǔbó
Krupp
捕虏岩
bǔlǔyán
xenolith (geology)
驱除鞑虏
qūchúDálǔ
expel the Manchu, revolutionary slogan from around 1900
蒂森克虏伯
DìsēnKèlǔbó
ThyssenKrupp

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,474
Word Frequency Rank
6,095 of 84,292

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