轳

轤
lú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 辘轳: a windlass for drawing water from a well

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yéye yáo zhe lùlu cóng jǐng lǐ dǎshuǐ.
Grandpa turns the windlass to draw water from the well.
HSK 7-9
Jǐng shàng de jiù lùlu zhuàn qǐlái hái zhī xiǎng.
The old windlass on the well still creaks when it turns.

Tips

usage
轳 is bound; it appears only in 辘轳, the rope-and-crank windlass mounted over an old well. The vehicle radical fits because it is essentially a turning wheel-and-axle device.

Components

radical
车 chē
vehicle; wheel
Left is the vehicle radical 车, the simplified silhouette of a cart seen from above. It marks the character as a wheeled or rotating mechanism, here the crank and drum of a well windlass.
phonetic
卢 lú
Lu (phonetic)
Right is 卢, here purely for sound, giving the lú reading exactly. The same phonetic appears in 炉 (stove) and 庐 (hut).

Stroke Order

轳 lú