11 strokes · radical 纟 (silk) · traditional 綠
14 strokes · simplified 绿
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Silk, 纟, beside 录. Every colour word with the silk radical — 绿, 红, 紫, 绛 — is named for a dyed thread, not for the thing in nature.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
lǜ — green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
Radical 纟 (silk) · 11 strokes · traditional 綠
14 strokes · simplified 绿
A way to remember itSilk, 纟, beside 录. Every colour word with the silk radical — 绿, 红, 紫, 绛 — is named for a dyed thread, not for the thing in nature.