箩 (luó) — square-bottomed bamboo basket
Definition
noun
square-bottomed bamboo basket
Measure word · 只
Examples
- 箩。Tā yòng yí gè luó zhuāng le hěn duō shuǐ guǒ.He used a bamboo basket to hold a lot of fruit.
- 箩。Zhè ge luó shì yòng zhú zi biān de.This bamboo basket is woven from bamboo.
- 箩。Nóng mín bǎ liáng shi fàng jìn luó lǐ.The farmer put the grain into the bamboo basket.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 籮; 箩 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
羅
羅luó籮luó
Same sound today
The traditional form 籮 pairs 竹 (bamboo), the basket's material, with 羅 for its sound; the simplified 箩 is a later shorthand.
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