luó
noun #46,392

Meanings

  1. 1 patrol
  2. 2 logic (loanword)

Examples

Luójí
logic
Xúnluó
to patrol

Tips

usage
Almost always seen in 逻辑 (logic) or 巡逻 (patrol)

Components

radical
chuò
walking; motion
Motion radical on the bottom-left wraps under — left-side variant of — marks verbs of going and moving. A patrol walks routes; logic 逻辑 metaphorically traces a path of reasoning. Same radical drives , 退, , .
phonetic
luó
net; collect
supplies the sound directly — luó with no shift — and adds a faint trace of meaning: a patrol net-sweeps through territory, gathering up what it finds. Same phonetic also drives (luó, radish/vine) and (luó, gong).

Stroke Order

luó