Chinese Character Wiki
羅

luō, luó

net for catching birds

Depicts a net (网) for catching birds (隹). The 糹 (silk; thread) component was added later.

Components
网 iconic component

网  Iconic component

wǎng

  

net

糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

羅 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
羅 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
羅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
羅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

罗 (羅) 

luó

net for catching birds; gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift

罗 (羅) 

Luó

surname Luo

Most common words with 羅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罗

gauze

俄罗斯

Russia

罗马

Rome, capital of Italy

保罗

Paul

罗伯特

Robert (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

邏 蘿 鑼 籮 儸 囉

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*rˤaj

la

luó

a kind of net (on a handle?) (Shuōwén: 'bird net')


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 46.4360% of movies

379th most common character in movies

392nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

罗

Unicode

U+7F85

Shuowen

“羅，以絲罟鳥也。从网，从維。古者芒氏初作羅。”


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