Chinese Character Wiki
罗

luō, luó

net for catching birds

Simplified form of 羅. Depicts a net (网) for catching birds (隹).

Components
网 iconic component

网  Iconic component

wǎng

  

net

夕 simplified component

夕  Simplified component

xī

  

evening

Shorthand for the 隹 component in the traditional character 羅.

Evolution

罗 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
罗 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
罗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
罗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
罗 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
罗 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

罗 (羅) 

luó

net for catching birds; gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift

罗 (羅) 

Luó

surname Luo

Most common words with 罗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

罗

gauze

俄罗斯

Russia

罗马

Rome, capital of Italy

保罗

Paul

罗伯特

Robert (name)

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

逻 萝 锣 椤 箩 猡 啰

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 46.4360% of movies

379th most common character in movies

392nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

羅

Unicode

U+7F57


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