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拢

lǒng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 攏

What 拢 means

1. to gather together; to collect
2. to approach; to draw near to
3. to add; to sum up
4. to comb (hair)

Words starting with 拢

• 拢共lǒng gòngaltogether; in sum; in all; in total
• 拢火lǒng huǒto make a fire
• 拢总lǒng zǒngaltogether; in sum; in all; in total
• 拢攥lǒng zuànto grasp; to clutch

Words containing 拢

• 靠拢kào lǒngto draw close to
• 拉拢lā lǒngto rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
• 合拢hé lǒngto close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together…
• 围拢wéi lǒngto crowd around
• 聚拢jù lǒngto gather together
• 收拢shōu lǒngto draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc)…
• 并拢bìng lǒngto draw together; to place side by side…
• 汇拢huì lǒngto collect; to gather
• 拼拢pīn lǒngto put together
• 归拢guī lǒngto gather; to rake together; to pile up
• 集拢jí lǒngto gather; to assemble
• 谈不拢tán bù lǒngcan't come to an agreement
• 合不拢嘴hé bù lǒng zuǐunable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear…
• 收拢人心shōu lǒng rén xīnto win people's hearts

Characters built on 龙

These share the phonetic component 龙 (lóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

Characters that look like 拢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 挖wāto dig; to excavate; to scoop out
• 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧

Sounds the same

Read lǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 垄ridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 笼to envelop; to cover; (used in 笼子; Taiwan pr. lóng
• 陇short name for Gansu 甘肃
• 儱rude; barbarous
• 垅old variant of 垄