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络

絡
luò
noun #10,724

Meanings

  1. 1 net-like
  2. 2 to enmesh
  3. 3 network

Examples

网络
Wǎngluò
network; internet
联络
Liánluò
to contact; to liaise

Tips

memory
纟(silk) + 各 (each) — threads connecting each point
register
Almost always read luò (网络 wǎngluò network, 联络 liánluò to contact, 经络 jīngluò TCM channels). A separate colloquial reading lào appears only in a few spoken words like 络子 (làozi, a knotted-cord net) and 络丝 (làosī, to reel silk); learners can treat luò as the working reading.

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk thread
The left-side silk radical (a contracted form of 糸) marks 络 as something woven from threads. It places the character with 网, 纺 and 织 — a family of fibre, mesh and textile chars where threads connect to form networks.
phonetic
各 gè
each; every
Provides the sound, drifting from gè to luò along a regular phonetic series shared with 落, 洛 and 骆. The everyday meaning each plays no role here — 各 is recruited purely for its rhyme.

Stroke Order

络 luò