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辘

lù

Character Traditional 轆

What 辘 means

1. used in {辘辘|lù lù}
2. used in {轱辘|gū lu} and {毂辘|gū lu}
3. used in {辘轳|lù lu}

Example sentences

• 我不知道你怎么样，但我饥肠辘辘。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ zěnmeyàng, dàn wǒ jīchánglùlù.
  I don't know about you, but I'm starving.
• 我不知道你怎幺样，但我饥肠辘辘。
  I don't know about you, but I'm starving.
• 汤姆你能给那些饥肠辘辘的人们一些吃的吗?
  Tāngmǔ nǐ néng gěi nàxiē jīchánglùlù de rénmen yīxiē chī de ma?
  Tom, would you please give these starving people something to eat?
• 我们应该尽量的提供一些食物给那些饥肠辘辘的人们.
  Wǒmen yīnggāi jǐnliàng de tígōng yīxiē shíwù gěi nàxiē jīchánglùlù de rénmen.
  We should all help provide starving people with food.

Words starting with 辘

• 辘辘lù lù(onomatopoeia) rumbling noise (produced by wheels rolling, one's stomach etc)
• 辘轳lù luwell pulley; windlass; potter's wheel

Words containing 辘

• 饥肠辘辘jī cháng lù lù(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
• 轱辘gū lu(colloquial) wheel; to turn; to roll
• 毂辘gū luvariant of 轱辘

Characters built on 鹿

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

• 漉lùstrain liquids
• 麓lùfoot of a hill
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag
• 簏lùbox; basket

Characters that look like 辘

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

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read lù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 路road; journey; route
• 录to carve wood
• 露dew; syrup; nectar
• 陆(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
• 碌used in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 赂bribe; bribery
• 鹿deer
• 禄good fortune; official salary
• 璐beautiful jade
• 六used in place names
• 绿used in names
• 麓foot of a hill