How to Write 漉 (lù) — Meaning “To strain / To filter”

Imagine a deer (鹿) standing in water (氵) and using its antlers as a strainer to filter leaves from the river. The picture of a deer in water straining debris helps link the shape to the meaning "to strain."

Pay attention to the right side 鹿: it has 11 strokes and the top part (广) must not be written too wide. The bottom part (比) has two small components; make sure the left side of 比 is narrower than the right. Keep the water radical on the left thin and vertical.

漉 means to strain or filter, while 渝 means to change (as in 坚贞不渝) and 渡 means to cross (a river). Visually, 渝 has 俞 on the right and 渡 has 度; only 漉 has 鹿 on the right. Their pronunciations also differ: lù, yú, dù.

漉 is not common in daily speech but appears in literary contexts and cooking, like 漉酒 (strain wine) in traditional Chinese wine-making. The word 湿漉漉 describes something wet and dripping, often used to describe rainy weather or damp clothes.

Common words containing 漉 include: 湿漉漉 (shī lù lù) — Wet; damp; moist.; 漉网 (lù wǎng) — Strainer / Filter net; 漉酒 (lù jiǔ) — To strain wine.