Dong Chinese dictionary

luò

river in Shanxi province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

各 Sound component

gè

each

洛 and 各 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

luò

river in Shanxi province; city; used in transliteration

Luò

surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)

Most common words with 洛

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	洛	surname Luo
	洛杉矶	Los Angeles, California
	洛阳	Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
	海洛因	heroin (loanword)
	摩洛哥	Morocco

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources