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辘

轆
lù
noun #56,569

Meanings

  1. 1 windlass; well pulley
  2. 2 (in 辘辘) rumbling sound of wheels

Examples

他用辘轳从井里打水。
Tā yòng lùlu cóng jǐng lǐ dǎshuǐ.
He drew water from the well with the windlass.
牛车辘辘地驶过乡间小路。
Niúchē lùlù de shǐ guò xiāngjiān xiǎolù.
The ox cart rumbled along the country road.

Tips

usage
Used in 辘轳 (a well windlass) and the onomatopoeic 辘辘 — the rumbling of cart wheels (also of a hungry stomach: 饥肠辘辘).

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; wheel
Left 车 (cart, wheel), the indexing radical. A windlass turns like a wheel, and the rumbling sense is the noise of cart wheels — the radical names the rolling, turning thing.
phonetic
鹿 lù
deer; phonetic
Right 鹿 supplies the sound exactly (lù = lù). The same phonetic anchors 麓 (foot of a hill) and 漉 (to filter).

Stroke Order

辘 lù