螺母 (luó mǔ) — (screw) nut

Definition

noun
(screw) nut
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 螺母。
    Wǒ xū yào yí gè luó mǔ lái xiū lǐ zhuō zi.
    I need a nut to repair the table.
  • 螺母。
    Nǐ bǎ zhè ge luó mǔ níng jǐn jiù hǎo le.
    Just tighten this nut and it'll be fine.
  • 螺母。
    Shāng diàn lǐ mài bù tóng dà xiǎo de luó mǔ.
    The store sells nuts of different sizes.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
虫虫chóng
Sound part声符shēngfú
累
累lèi螺luó
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

螺 combines 虫, a part associated with creatures, with 累, which gives the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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