滤

lǜ

to strain

to filter

water (氵) + sound lǜ (虑) = to filter liquid

The water radical (氵) does the semantic work here, pointing to liquid passing through something. 虑 mainly contributes the sound lǜ and does not carry filtering meaning.

氵+虑→滤

氵WaterSemantic

虑To considerPhonetic

请用这块布把水里的杂质滤掉。

qǐng yòng zhè kuài bù bǎ shuǐ lǐ de zázhì lǜ diào。

please use this piece of cloth to filter out the impurities in the water.

泡咖啡时要先把咖啡渣滤干净。

pào kāfēi shí yào xiān bǎ kāfēi zhā lǜ gānjìng。

when brewing coffee, you should first filter out the coffee grounds thoroughly.

Words with 滤

过滤

guò lǜ

to filter

过滤嘴

guò lǜ zuǐ

cigarette filter; filter tip

过滤器

guò lǜ qì

filtering apparatus

渗滤

shèn lǜ

percolation

渗滤壶

shèn lǜ hú

coffee percolator

滤光镜

lǜ guāng jìng

(photography) filter

滤出

lǜ chū

to filter out

滤嘴

lǜ zuǐ

cigarette filter

滤器

lǜ qì

filter

滤尘器

lǜ chén qì

dust filter

滤压壶

lǜ yā hú

press pot

滤毒通风装置

lǜ dú tōng fēng zhuāng zhì

filtration equipment

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