# 路

| 路 | U+8DEF, &#36335; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DEF |
| ← 跮 [U+8DEE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 跰 → [U+8DF0] |
| 路 | U+F937, &#63799; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F937 |
| ← 虜 [U+F936] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 露 → [U+F938] |

## Translingual
### Han character

路 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹水口 (RMHER), four-corner 6716$_4$, composition ⿰𧾷各)

#### Derived characters

* 潞, 璐, 㯝, 鏴, 𡀔, 𢷅, 𤢊, 𧒌, 𫄉, 𦓉, 𧸚, 𨎲, 𪆬/𪆽, 𤮗
* 露, 簬, 蕗, 𡽘, 𦌕, 鷺(鹭), 𧒍, 𩁐, 𫘘, 𪛅, 𮮍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1225, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37524
* Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3704, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8DEF
* Unihan data for U+F937

## Chinese

* 路姓 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 路氏 (Cantonese)
* Lō͘ (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)
* Lu (surname 路) (English)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 路 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːɡs): semantic 足 + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).

### Etymology

Either related to 格 (OC *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ, “to come, to arrive (obsolete)”) (Baxter, 1992) or from Austroasiatic (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kraʔ (“road, way”), whence Proto-Vietic *kraːʔ (→ fossilized Vietnamese sá & Muong khá (“road, way”)), Chong [script needed] (khraa), Kuy (k)na, and Proto-Waic *kraʔ. Possibly cognate with 略 (OC *ɡ·raɡ).

#### "-year-old, in multiples of ten"

    Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 路(じ) (ji). See Japanese 三十路(みそじ) (misoji).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lù (lu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nu$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лў (lw, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lu$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): lu$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lu
    (Hailu, HRS): lu$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lou$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): diō̤ / lū
* Eastern Min (BUC): diô / lô
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dou$^5$ / lou$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lou$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$lu / $^6$lou
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lù
*** Wade–Giles: lu$^4$
*** Yale: lù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luh
*** Palladius: лу (lu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lu
*** Sinological IPA : /nu²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лў (lw, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^6$
*** Yale: louh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lu³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: lu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lu¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ləu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diō̤ / lū
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɔ⁵⁵/, /lu⁵⁵/
* diō̤ - colloquial;
* lū - literary.
* Middle Chinese: luH
Rime :
| Character | 路 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 洛故切 |
| Baxter | luH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /luo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /luo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /lo$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /lo$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /luo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.rˤak-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 路 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lu$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.rˁak-s/ |
| English | road |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 路 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3856 |
| Phonetic component | 各 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 路 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·raːɡs/ |

### Definitions

路
* road; path; street (Classifier: 條／条)
    修路 ― xiūlù ― to build a road
    From: 1921, Lu Xun, 故鄉 (My Old Home)
    Zhè zhèngrú dìshàng de lù; qíshí dìshàng běn méiyǒu lù, zǒu de rén duō le, yě biàn chéng le lù. [Pinyin]
    It is just like roads across the earth. For actually the earth had no roads to begin with, but when many men pass one way, a road is made.
* pattern; arrangement; sequence
    思路 ― sīlù ― train of thought
    紋路／纹路 ― wénlù ― veined pattern
* way; method
    生路 ― shēnglù ― means of livelihood; way of subsistence
    From: 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 滕王閣序
    Wúlù qǐngyīng, děng Zhōng Jūn zhī ruòguàn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* journey
    回家的路很遠。／回家的路很远。 ― Huíjiā de lù hěn yuǎn. ― It's a long journey to return home.
       keoi$^5$ san$^1$ tai$^2$ hou$^2$ heoi$^1$, haang$^4$ gei$^2$ bou$^6$ lou$^6$ dou$^1$ wui$^5$ wan$^4$. [Jyutping]
       His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy.
       Háiyǒu yī gōnglǐ de lù yào zǒu. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Yue Fei (1103-1142), Man Jiang Hong (滿江紅)
    Sānshí gōngmíng chén yǔ tǔ, bāqiān lǐ lù yún hé yuè. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* route
    三路進軍／三路进军 ― sān lù jìnjūn ― to advance along three routes
    12路公交車／12路公交车 ― 12 lù gōngjiāochē ― No. 12 bus
* kind; type
* region
    各路人馬／各路人马 ― gè lù rénmǎ ― people from different places
* Classifier for lines or rows.
* -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; Used for describing the style of people in such age range.
    三十路大叔 ― sānshílù dàshū ― a man in his thirties
* (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 路, 道路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 道兒, 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 路, 道兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 路 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 路, 道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 路, 道兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 道兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 道兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 路 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 道, 路 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 道 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 路, 道兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 道兒, 道路兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 道兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 道兒, 路 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 路 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 路 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 道兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 道兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 路 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 路 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 路 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 路 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 路, 半邊路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 路 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 路 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 路 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 路 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 路 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 路 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 路 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 路 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 路 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 路 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 路 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 路 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 路 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 路 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 路 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Chongzuo (Laituan) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Fusui (Qujiu) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 路 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 路 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 路 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 路 |
| Gan | Pengze | 路 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 路 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 路 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 路 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 路 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 路 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 路 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 路 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 路 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 路 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 路 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 路 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 路 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Wushi) | 路 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 路 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 路 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 路 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 路 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 路 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 路 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 路 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 路 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 路 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 路 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 路 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 路 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 路 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 路 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 道兒, 路, 路兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 路, 道兒 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 路 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 道, 路 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 路 |
| Jin | Linhe | 路 |
| Jin | Jining | 路 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 路 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 路 |
| Jin | Handan | 路 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 墿 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 路 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 墿 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 墿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 路 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 路 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 路 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 路 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 路 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 路 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 路 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 路 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 路 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 墿 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 墿 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 墿 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 墿 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 墿 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dabu) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 路 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 路 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 路 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 路 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 路 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 路 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 路 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 路 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 路 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 路 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 路 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 路 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 路 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 路 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 路 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 路 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 路 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 路 |
| Wu | Danyang | 路 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 路 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 路 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 路 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 路 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 路 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 路 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 路 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 路 |

### Compounds

* 一路 (yīlù)
* 上路 (shànglù)
* 下路
* 世路
* 中南路 (Zhōngnánlù)
* 中華路 / 中华路 (Zhōnghuálù)
* 中路 (zhōnglù)
* 丹趙路 / 丹赵路 (Dānzhàolù)
* 伏路 (fúlù)
* 來路 / 来路 (láilù)
* 便路
* 修路 (xiūlù)
* 僻路
* 先路
* 公路 (gōnglù)
* 出路 (chūlù)
* 分路
* 利路
* 剖路
* 半路 (bànlù)
* 去路 (qùlù)
* 反路
* 古路 (Gǔlù)
* 各路 (gèlù)
* 同路 (tónglù)
* 問路 / 问路 (wènlù)
* 回路 (huílù)
* 均州路 (Jūnzhōulù)
* 塔路 (Tǎlù)
* 外路
* 大路 (dàlù)
* 天路 (tiānlù)
* 失路 (shīlù)
* 夾路 / 夹路
* 套路 (tàolù)
* 奪路 / 夺路 (duólù)
* 子路
* 季路
* 官路
* 對路 / 对路 (duìlù)
* 小路 (xiǎolù)
* 岔路 (chàlù)
* 岐路 (qílù)
* 工農路 / 工农路 (Gōngnónglù)
* 帶路 / 带路 (dàilù)
* 平路
* 引路 (yǐnlù)
* 彎路 / 弯路 (wānlù)
* 後路 / 后路 (hòulù)
* 徑路 / 径路 (jìnglù)
* 心路 (xīnlù)
* 忠路 (Zhōnglù, “Zhonglu”)
* 思路 (sīlù)
* 截路 (jiélù)
* 戲路 / 戏路
* 手路 (chhiú-lō͘) (Min Nan)
* 拉撒路 (Lāsālù)
* 探路 (tànlù)
* 擋路 / 挡路 (dǎnglù)
* 攔路 / 拦路 (lánlù)
* 支路 (zhīlù)
* 新路 (xīnlù)
* 斷路 / 断路 (duànlù)
* 旱路 (hànlù)
* 昆侖路 / 昆仑路 (Kūnlúnlù)
* 書城路 / 书城路 (Shūchénglù)
* 末路 (mòlù)
* 東路 / 东路 (dōnglù)
* 樞路 / 枢路
* 正路 (zhènglù)
* 武南鐵路 / 武南铁路 (Wǔnántiělù)
* 歧路 (qílù)
* 歸路 / 归路 (guīlù)
* 歹路
* 死路 (sǐlù)
* 水路 (shuǐlù)
* 沒路 / 没路
* 沿路 (yánlù)
* 泉路 (quánlù)
* 活路
* 海路 (hǎilù)
* 漢江路 / 汉江路 (Hànjiānglù)
* 熟路 (shúlù)
* 狹路 / 狭路
* 珞獅路 / 珞狮路 (Luòshīlù)
* 理路 (lǐlù)
* 生路 (shēnglù)
* 甬路
* 番路 (Fānlù)
* 當路 / 当路
* 短路 (duǎnlù)
* 筆路 / 笔路 (bǐlù)
* 管路 (guǎnlù)
* 築路 / 筑路 (zhùlù)
* 紋路 / 纹路 (wénlù)
* 細路 / 细路
* 絲路 / 丝路 (Sīlù)
* 絕路 / 绝路 (juélù)
* 網路 / 网路 (wǎnglù)
* 線路 / 线路 (xiànlù)
* 老路 (lǎolù)
* 背路
* 腳路 / 脚路
* 航路 (hánglù)
* 落路
* 血路 (xuèlù)
* 行路 (xínglù)
* 衢路
* 西藏路 (Xīzànglù)
* 要路
* 解放路 (Jiěfànglù)
* 言路 (yánlù)
* 認路 / 认路
* 讓路 / 让路 (rànglù)
* 財路 / 财路 (cáilù)
* 貪路 / 贪路
* 賢路 / 贤路
* 走路 (zǒulù)
* 趕路 / 赶路 (gǎnlù)
* 跑路 (pǎolù)
* 路上 (lùshàng)
* 路中
* 路人 (lùrén)
* 路兒 / 路儿
* 路加 (Lùjiā)
* 路劫
* 路口 (lùkǒu)
* 路史
* 路基 (lùjī)
* 路奠
* 路子 (lùzi)
* 路局
* 路岐
* 路引
* 路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
* 路政
* 路數 / 路数 (lùshù)
* 路斃 / 路毙
* 路條 / 路条
* 路標 / 路标 (lùbiāo)
* 路樹 / 路树
* 路檢 / 路检 (lùjiǎn)
* 路次
* 路段 (lùduàn)
* 路況 / 路况 (lùkuàng)
* 路燈 / 路灯 (lùdēng)
* 路祭 (lùjì)
* 路程 (lùchéng)
* 路竹 (Lùzhú)
* 路籤 / 路签
* 路線 / 路线 (lùxiàn)
* 路考 (lùkǎo)
* 路肩 (lùjiān)
* 路衢
* 路角
* 路試 / 路试 (lùshì)
* 路誌 / 路志
* 路警
* 路費 / 路费 (lùfèi)
* 路跑
* 路軌 / 路轨 (lùguǐ)
* 路途 (lùtú)
* 路過 / 路过 (lùguò)
* 路道
* 路遠 / 路远
* 路邊 / 路边 (lùbiān)
* 路隅
* 路隊 / 路队
* 路障 (lùzhàng)
* 路霸 (lùbà)
* 路面 (lùmiàn)
* 路頭 / 路头 (lùtóu)
* 蹕路 / 跸路 (bìlù)
* 蹡路 / 𬧀路
* 車城路 / 车城路 (Chēchénglù)
* 輦路 / 辇路
* 退路 (tuìlù)
* 迷路 (mílù)
* 送路
* 通路 (tōnglù)
* 過路 / 过路 (guòlù)
* 道路 (dàolù)
* 遠路 / 远路
* 遮路
* 邪路 (xiélù)
* 金峰路 (Jīnfēnglù)
* 鋪路 / 铺路 (pūlù)
* 銷路 / 销路 (xiāolù)
* 鐵路 / 铁路 (tiělù)
* 長路 / 长路 (chánglù)
* 門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
* 閉路 / 闭路
* 開路 / 开路 (kāilù)
* 關路圻 / 关路圻 (Guānlùqí)
* 陌路 (mòlù)
* 陸路 / 陆路 (lùlù)
* 隘路 (àilù)
* 險路 / 险路
* 雲路 / 云路
* 電路 / 电路 (diànlù)
* 順路 / 顺路 (shùnlù)
* 領路 / 领路 (lǐnglù)
* 頭路 / 头路 (tóulù)
* 風路 / 风路
* 養路 / 养路
* 餞路 / 饯路
* 饋路 / 馈路
* 首義路 / 首义路 (Shǒuyìlù)
* 首路
* 馬路 / 马路 (mǎlù)
* 魯磨路 / 鲁磨路 (Lǔmòlù)
* 鸞路 / 鸾路
* 黃河路 / 黄河路 (Huánghélù)
* 黑路

### References

* “路”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “路”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* road, path, street
* journey
* way, method
* important position

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: ろ (ro, Jōyō)
* Kun: じ (ji, 路, Jōyō)、ち (chi, 路)、みち (michi, 路)

#### Compounds

* 路(ろ)銀(ぎん) (rogin)
* 路(ろ)地(じ) (roji)
* 路(ろ)上(じょう) (rojō)
* 路(ろ)線(せん) (rosen)
* 路(ろ)傍(ぼう) (robō)
* 路(ろ)面(めん) (romen)
* 隘(あい)路(ろ) (airo)
* 悪(あく)路(ろ) (akuro)
* 一(いち)路(ろ) (ichiro)
* 迂(う)路(ろ) (uro)
* 駅(えき)路(ろ) (ekiro)
* 遠(えん)路(ろ) (enro)
* 沿(えん)路(ろ) (enro)
* 往(おう)路(ろ) (ōro)
* 回(かい)路(ろ) (kairo)
* 海(かい)路(ろ) (kairo)
* 街(がい)路(ろ) (gairo)
* 活(かつ)路(ろ) (katsuro)
* 岐(き)路(ろ) (kiro)
* 帰(き)路(ろ) (kiro)
* 棘(きょく)路(ろ) (kyokuro)
* 空(くう)路(ろ) (kūro)
* 経(けい)路(ろ), 径(けい)路(ろ), 逕(けい)路(ろ) (keiro)
* 血(けつ)路(ろ) (ketsuro)
* 険(けん)路(ろ) (kenro)
* 語(ご)路(ろ) (goro)
* 行(こう)路(ろ) (kōro)
* 航(こう)路(ろ) (kōro)
* 直(じき)路(ろ) (jikiro)
* 順(じゅん)路(ろ) (junro)
* 捷(しょう)路(ろ) (shōro)
* 針(しん)路(ろ) (shinro)
* 進(しん)路(ろ) (shinro)
* 水(すい)路(ろ) (suiro)
* 世(せい)路(ろ) (seiro)
* 線(せん)路(ろ) (senro)
* 走(そう)路(ろ) (sōro)
* 退(たい)路(ろ) (tairo)
* 直(ちょく)路(ろ) (chokuro)
* 通(つう)路(ろ) (tsūro)
* 鉄(てつ)路(ろ) (tetsuro)
* 電(でん)路(ろ) (denro)
* 当(とう)路(ろ) (tōro)
* 道(どう)路(ろ) (dōro)
* 難(なん)路(ろ) (nanro)
* 坂(はん)路(ろ) (hanro)
* 販(はん)路(ろ) (hanro)
* 復(ふく)路(ろ) (fukuro)
* 返(へん)路(ろ) (henro)
* 遍(へん)路(ろ) (henro)
* 末(まつ)路(ろ) (matsuro)
* 迷(め)路(いろ) (meiro)
* 冥(めい)路(ろ) (meiro)
* 要(よう)路(ろ) (yōro)
* 理(り)路(ろ) (riro)
* 陸(りく)路(ろ) (rikuro)
* 路(ろ)程(てい) (rotei)
* 路(ろ)用(よう) (royō)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 路
* ち Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 道
From Old Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕi]

#### Suffix

路(ち) • (-chi)
* (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
    This usage has generally been replaced by 路(じ) (ji) below.

##### Derived terms

* 道(みち), 路(みち), 途(みち), 径(みち) (michi)
* 長(なが)路(ち) (nagachi)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 路
* じ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 道
Originally a rendaku (連濁) form of 路(ち) (chi) above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡ʑi]

#### Suffix

路(じ) • (-ji)
* a road, a street
    山(やま)路(じ)、長(なが)路(じ)
       yama-ji, naga-ji
       a mountain road, a long road
* attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place
    奈(な)良(ら)路(じ)
       Nara-ji
       road to Nara
* attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time
    四(よっ)日(か)路(じ)
       yokka-ji
       a four-day trip

##### Derived terms

* 一(いち)日(にち)路(じ) (ichinichiji)
* 天(あま)路(じ) (amaji)
* 家(いえ)路(じ) (ieji)
* 駅(うまや)路(じ) (umayaji)
* 海(うみ)路(じ) (umiji)
* 浦(うら)路(じ) (uraji)
* 有(う)漏(ろ)路(じ) (uroji)
* 大(おお)路(じ) (ōji)
* 懸(か)け路(じ) (kakeji)
* 崖(がけ)路(じ) (gakeji)
* 徒路(かちじ), 歩路(かちじ) (kachiji)
* 通(かよ)い路(じ) (kayoiji)
* 川路(かわじ) (kawaji)
* 陸路(くがじ) (kugaji)
* 雲路(くもじ) (kumoji)
* 雲(くも)居(い)路(じ) (kumoiji)
* 恋路(こいじ) (koiji)
* 坂路(さかじ) (sakaji)
* 潮路(しおじ) (shioji)
* 関(せき)路(じ) (sekiji)
* 十(そ)路(じ) (soji)
* 旅(たび)路(じ) (tabiji)
* 長(なが)路(じ) (nagaji)
* 無(む)漏(ろ)路(じ) (muroji)
* 小(しょう)路(じ) (shōji)
* 繁(しげ)路(じ) (shigeji)
* 忍(しの)び路(じ) (shinobiji)
* 直(ただ)路(じ) (tadaji)
* 浜(はま)路(じ) (hamaji)
* 野(の)路(じ) (noji)
* 波(なみ)路(じ) (namiji)
* 罷(まか)り路(じ) (makariji)
* 崖(ほき)路(じ) (hokiji)
* 船(ふな)路(じ) (funaji)
* 目(め)路(じ), 眼(め)路(じ) (meji)
* 宮(みや)路(じ) (miyaji)
* 深(み)山(やま)路(じ) (miyamaji)
* 都(みやこ)路(じ) (miyakoji)
* 闇(やみ)路(じ) (yamiji)
* 黄泉(よみ)路(じ) (yomiji)
* 夢(ゆめ)路(じ) (yumeji)
* 雪(ゆき)路(じ) (yukiji)
* 行(ゆ)き交(か)い路(じ) (yukikaiji)
* 別(わか)れ路(じ) (wakareji)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 路
* みち Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 路 – see the following entry. :
| 【道みち】2 | [noun] a way, a street, a road, an alley, a path, a pass for local traffic [noun] (figurative) a road, a path [noun] a way of doing something [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 途, 径 |
(This term, 路, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 路 (MC luH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 롱〮 (Yale: lwó) | 롱〮 (Yale: lwó) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 길〮 (Yale: kíl) | 로〯 (Yale: lwŏ) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɾo̞(ː)] ~ [no̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [로(ː)/노(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

路 (eumhun 길 로 (gil ro), word-initial (South Korea) 길 노 (gil no))
* hanja form of 로/노 (“road, route; avenue, street”) [affix; suffix]

#### Compounds

* 노선 (路線, noseon)
* 도로 (道路, doro)
* 종로 (鍾路, jongno)
* 노정 (路程, nojeong)
* 미로 (迷路, miro)
* 노상 (路上, nosang)
* 노방 (路傍, nobang)
* 노폭 (路幅, nopok)
* 노기 (路岐, nogi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

路: Hán Nôm readings: lộ
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