Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "螺", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "螺", and master the standard way of writing the character "螺".
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螺
luó
名词
1. 软体动物,体外包着锥形、纺锤形或椭圆形的硬壳,上有旋纹:
Soft-bodied animals with conical, spindle-shaped, or oval hard shells covered with spiral lines: such as ~蛳 (a type of freshwater snail). 田~ (field snail). 海~ (sea snail). ~号 (conch instrument). ~钿 (decorative shell material). 法~ (a Buddhist musical instrument made from conch shell).
2. 像螺壳纹理的:
Similar to the texture of a snail shell: ~纹 (spiral pattern). ~旋 (spiral). ~钉 (spiral nail). ~母 (spiral nut). ~栓 (spiral plug). ~髻 (a hairstyle resembling a snail shell worn by women in ancient times).
3. 同 “脶”:
Same as "脶" (referring to a type of meat).
基本义:
本义: 凡软体动物腹足类,被有旋线的硬壳都叫螺,种类繁多。
Original meaning: All soft-bodied animals of the class Gastropoda with spiral-lined hard shells are called snails, and there are many varieties.
造字法:
又作蠃。形声。从虫,累声。
Character formation: Also composed as "蠃". Phonetic and semantic compound. "虫" (insect) + "累" (to accumulate sound).
1. 同本义:
Same as the original meaning (spiral shell; snail).
引:
1. 《说文》:蠃,蜾蠃也。俗字作螺。
"Shuōwén": 蠃 refers to snail, and the common character is 螺.
2. 《易·说卦》:离…为蠃。
"Yì": (something about the hexagram, undefined context) relates to snail.
示例:
又如: 螺填 (snail shell inlays); 螺壳 (sea snail shell); 螺壳钱 (currency made from snail shells); 螺蚌 (snails and clams; referring generically to shelled soft-bodied animals); 螺甸 (snail shell inlays); 螺栓帽 (nut, also called a "螺母" or spiral nut); 螺舟 (a mythical boat shaped like a snail that can dive underwater); 螺首 (a spiral pattern carved at the end of a peach rod); 螺钿 (shell material polished thinly for decoration, embedded in lacquerware).
2. 螺髻的简称:
Abbreviation for spiral-shaped coil.
示例:
如: 螺髻 (a hair bun shaped like a snail; metaphor for the shape of mountain peaks); 螺鬟 (hair bun that resembles a snail).
3. 形容深碧色的山石蟠旋似螺髻。借指青山:
Describing dark green mountain rocks coiling like a snail bun. Used metaphorically for green mountains.
示例:
如: 螺髻 (metaphor for peaks rising like a bun); 螺冈 (refers to green mountains); 螺黛 (metaphor for spiraling, towering green mountains).
4. 螺子黛的省称:
Abbreviation for black paint.
示例:
如: 螺黛 (an ancient mineral pigment, used in eyebrow makeup, a dark blue-black color); 螺眉 (eyebrows painted with 螺黛); 螺青 (a color name for a shade close to blackish green).
5. 军中或僧道所用乐器法螺的省称:
Abbreviation for conch used by soldiers or monks.
示例:
如: 螺钹 (combination of conch and cymbals); 螺呗 (chants during rituals using法螺 and sounds of Dharma); 螺贝 (name of an ancient musical instrument); 螺角 (ancient military instrument made from large conch shells).
6. 螺旋形的指纹:
Spiral-shaped fingerprint.
示例:
如: 螺纹 (spiral pattern); 螺印 (fingerprint, particularly referring to prints on contracts or certificates).