罗经

羅經

luójīng

noun #50,688

Measure Word

一个罗经 gè

Meanings

1 compass (esp. a feng shui or marine compass)
2 same as 罗盘 (luópán)

Characters

to spread out, net, array

longitude line, classic

Examples

古代航海家依靠罗经辨别方向。

Gǔdài hánghǎi jiā yīkào luójīng biànbié fāngxiàng.

Ancient navigators relied on the compass to determine direction.

风水先生手里拿着一个罗经。

Fēngshuǐ xiānsheng shǒu lǐ ná zhe yí ge luójīng.

The feng shui master held a compass in his hand.

Tips

culture

罗经 and 罗盘 (luópán) are interchangeable. The 罗 comes from 罗列 (rows / array) and 经 from 经纬 (longitude/latitude lines) — together suggesting the rings of degree marks around the magnetic needle. In feng shui, a 罗经 has many concentric rings encoding the 24 directions, the 64 trigrams, and other cosmological data.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

经 jīng