滤 lǜ to filter
to filter; to strain
怎么记住“滤”: 氵 water + 虑 anxious = to filter. The mountain water looks clean, but the anxious dad on his first camping trip uses three cloths to filter every drop.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
滤 = 氵 water + 虑 anxious
- 氵 water meaning
- 虑 anxious sound
- 虍 tiger
- 心 heart
The mountain water looks clean, but the anxious dad on his first camping trip uses three cloths to filter every drop.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- To filter/strain: 过滤 (guòlǜ) to filter (water, information), 滤网 (lǜwǎng) a strainer, 滤镜 (lǜjìng) a (camera/photo) filter.
- 过滤 is also figurative: to screen out: 过滤掉杂音 (guòlǜ diào záyīn) to filter out the noise.