珞

luò

noun #68,993

Meanings

1 used in 璎珞, a string of jade beads worn as a necklace (classical)

Characters

珞

luò

in 璎珞, a jade-bead necklace (classical)

Examples

佛像胸前挂着璎珞。

Fóxiàng xiōngqián guà zhe yīng luò.

The Buddha statue's chest is hung with a 'yingluo' jade-bead necklace.

Tips

history

珞 is not used alone. It survives mainly in 璎珞 ('a jade-bead necklace', common in Buddhist art) and the ethnonym 珞巴族. The jade radical 王 marks the ornament sense; 各 supplies the sound.

Components

radical

王 wáng

jade (left-side form of 玉)

On the left this is the jade radical, the compressed form of 玉 (jade). It tells the reader 珞 concerns a jade ornament, the bead necklace 璎珞.

phonetic

各 gè

phonetic element

各 supplies the sound for 珞, with the reading drifting; it is the same phonetic seen in 络 and 落.

Stroke Order

珞 luò

珞