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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

HSK 2
他下班后喜欢撸猫。
Tā xiàbān hòu xǐhuan lū māo.
He likes to stroke the cat after work.
HSK 6
今晚我们去撸串吧。
Jīnwǎn wǒmen qù lū chuàn ba.
Let's go grill some skewers tonight.

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