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撸

擼
lū
verb #55,871

Meanings

  1. 1 to slide the hand along (something long); to push up (a sleeve)
  2. 2 to skewer-grill; to stroke (a pet)
  3. 3 to fire (an employee); to scold

Examples

今晚我们去撸串吧。
Jīnwǎn wǒmen qù lūchuàn ba.
Let's go grill some skewers tonight.
他下班后喜欢撸猫。
Tā xiàbān hòu xǐhuan lūmāo.
He likes to stroke the cat after work.

Tips

register
Colloquial and internet-flavored. Core modern uses: 撸串 (eat grilled skewers) and 撸猫 (stroke / play with a cat). The original sense is sliding the hand along something, like pushing up a 袖子 (sleeve).

Components

radical
扌 shǒu
hand (left-side form)
Left-side hand radical 扌, the action form of 手. Every sense of 撸 — sliding, stroking, grabbing skewers — is a hand action.
phonetic
鲁 lǔ
crude; surname Lu; Shandong
Right side 鲁 supplies the sound (lǔ shifting to lū). Its own meanings (crude; the old state of Lu) play no role here — it is purely phonetic.

Stroke Order

撸 lū