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橹

櫓
lǔ
noun #57,853

Meanings

  1. 1 scull (a single long oar worked from the stern of a boat)
  2. 2 large shield (archaic)

Examples

渔夫轻轻摇橹，船便向前滑去。
Yúfū qīngqīng yáo lǔ, chuán biàn xiàngqián huá qù.
The fisherman gently pushed the scull and the boat slid forward.
老运河上还能见到用橹摇的船。
Lǎo yùnhé shàng hái néng jiàndào yòng lǔ yáo de chuán.
On the old canal you can still see boats moved by a stern scull.

Tips

history
Originally meant a large wooden shield (a sense seen in classical texts such as 过秦论). The everyday modern meaning is the scull, a long oar swung side to side over a boat's stern to drive it forward.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
The wood radical, marking that a scull (and the old wooden shield) is made of timber. It places the character in the family of wooden implements.
phonetic
鲁 lǔ
dull; the state of Lu
Gives the sound, read 鲁 on its own and unchanged here. It contributes only the pronunciation, not meaning.

Stroke Order

橹 lǔ