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镂

lòu

Character Traditional 鏤

What 镂 means

1. to engrave
2. to carve
3. hard steel

Words starting with 镂

• 镂空lòu kōngopenwork; fretwork
• 镂刻lòu kèto carve; to engrave

Words containing 镂

• 铭心镂骨míng xīn lòu gǔengraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom)…
• 镌镂juān lòuto engrave

Characters built on 娄

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

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 髅lóuused in 髑髅
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 篓lǒubasket
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 蝼lóusee 蝼蛄

Characters that look like 镂

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

• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 镌juānto engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 褛lǚused in 褴褛
• 锝détechnetium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read lòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 漏to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake
• 陋low; humble; plain
• 露to show; to reveal; to betray
• 瘘fistula; ulceration
• 瘺variant of 瘘