路

lù

road (CL:條|条[tiao2])

surname Lu; journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind

foot (足) + sound (各) = road or route

The foot radical grounds the character in physical movement and travel. 各 lends the sound lù; the meaning is carried entirely by 足.

足+各→路

各EachPhonetic

足FootSemantic

狭路

xiá lù

gorge

路税

lù shuì

road tax

血路

xuè lù

desperate getaway (from a battlefield)

通路

tōng lù

thoroughfare

进退无路

jìn tuì wú lù

to have no alternative (idiom)

进路

jìn lù

way of proceeding

过路人

guò lù rén

a passer-by

过路费

guò lù fèi

toll (fee for using a road)

过马路

guò mǎ lù

to cross the street

道路

dào lù

road

道路工程

dào lù gōng chéng

road construction

边路

biān lù

sidewalk