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辘

轆
lù
noun #56,569

Meanings

  1. 1 windlass; well pulley
  2. 2 (in 辘辘) rumbling sound of wheels

Examples

HSK 7-9
他用辘轳从井里打水。
Tā yòng lùlu cóng jǐng lǐ dǎshuǐ.
He drew water from the well with the windlass.
HSK 7-9
牛车辘辘地驶过乡间小路。
Niúchē lùlù de shǐ guò xiāngjiān xiǎolù.
The ox cart rumbled along the country road.

Tips

usage
Used in 辘轳 (a well windlass) and the onomatopoeic 辘辘 - the rumbling of cart wheels (also of a hungry stomach: 饥肠辘辘).

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; wheel
Left 车 (cart, wheel), the indexing radical. A windlass turns like a wheel, and the rumbling sense is the noise of cart wheels - the radical names the rolling, turning thing.
phonetic
鹿 lù
deer; phonetic
Right 鹿 supplies the sound exactly (lù = lù). The same phonetic anchors 麓 (foot of a hill) and 漉 (to filter).

Stroke Order

辘 lù