逻

邏
luó
noun #46,392

Meanings

  1. 1 patrol
  2. 2 logic

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè piān wénzhāng de luóji hěn qīngchu.
The logic of this article is very clear.
HSK 7-9
Wǎnshang yǒu jǐngchá zài jiēshàng xúnluó.
At night, police officers patrol the streets.

Tips

usage
Almost always seen in 逻辑 (logic) or 巡逻 (patrol)
history
逻 natively means 'to patrol' (as in 巡逻). Its 'logic' sense is not native: 逻辑 is a sound-borrowing of the English word 'logic'.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
walking; motion
Motion radical on the bottom-left wraps under 罗 - left-side variant of 辵 - marks verbs of going and moving. A patrol 逻 walks routes; logic 逻辑 metaphorically traces a path of reasoning. Same radical drives 进, 退, 道, 边.
phonetic
罗 luó
net; collect
罗 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 罗 phonetic also drives 萝 (radish/vine) and 锣 (gong).

Stroke Order

逻 luó