碌
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used in 勞碌|劳碌[lao2 lu4], 忙碌[mang2 lu4] and 碌碌[lu4 lu4]; used in 庸碌[yong1 lu4] and 碌碌[lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,702 U+788C
How 碌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “rock”) + 录 (phonetic, lù)
How to remember it
commonplace · Heisig RSH #950
石 stone + snowman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 录
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 录 (lù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 录 sound component | lù | to copy, to record, to write down |
| 绿 | lǜ | green; chlorine |
| 禄 | lù | blessing, happiness, prosperity |
| 氯 | lǜ | chlorine |
| 剥 | bāo | to peel, to skin; to exploit |
| 渌 | lù | to strain |
| 逯 | lù | to leave without a reason; surname |
Words containing 碌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一骨碌 | yī gū lu | with a rolling or twisting movement; in a single movement; in one breath |
| 碌曲县 | Lù qǔ Xiàn | Luqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi… |
| 庸碌无能 | yōng lù wú néng | mediocre and incompetent |
| 碌碌无为 | lù lù wú wéi | unaccomplished; mediocre; feckless |
| 骨碌 | gū lu | to roll rapidly; to spin; Taiwan pr. [gu2lu5] |
| 碌曲 | Lù qǔ | see 碌曲縣|碌曲县[Lu4 qu3 Xian4] |
| 劳碌 | láo lù | to work hard; to toil |
| 骨碌碌 | gū lù lù | (onom.) rolling around; spinning; also pr. [gu1lu1lu1]; Taiwan pr. [gu2lu4lu5] |
| 忙碌 | máng lù | busy; bustling |
| 庸碌 | yōng lù | mediocre |
| 庸庸碌碌 | yōng yōng lù lù | ordinary; mediocre |
| 碌碌 | lù lù | ordinary; commonplace; busy; bustling about |
| 碌碡 | liù zhou | stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc); Taiwan pr. [lu4 du2] |