拢 (lǒng): to gather together, to collect, to approach, to draw near to, to add, to sum up

拢 (lǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to gather together.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 龙 (phonetic). It ranks #2304 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 拢 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 扌 hand8 strokesFrequency #2304扌 semantic龙 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to gather together
  2. to collect
  3. to approach
  4. to draw near to
  5. to add
  6. to sum up

Etymology & Origin

拢

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Decomposition: ⿰扌龙 (layout: left-right)

Components:扌semantic龙phonetic

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
拉拢lā lǒngto rope in
靠拢kào lǒngto draw close to
合拢hé lǒngto close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc)
并拢bìng lǒngto draw together
收拢shōu lǒngto draw to oneself
合不拢嘴hé bù lǒng zuǐunable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
围拢wéi lǒngto crowd around
聚拢jù lǒngto gather together
归拢guī lǒngto gather
收拢人心shōu lǒng rén xīnto win people's hearts
谈不拢tán bù lǒngcan't come to an agreement
拢总lǒng zǒngaltogether
集拢jí lǒngto gather
拢共lǒng gòngaltogether
拢火lǒng huǒto make a fire
18
Total compounds
22
As first character
67
As last character
11
As middle character

拢 appears in 18 compound words: 22 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

靠kào
0.5392,478 co-occurrences
拉lā
0.4644,068 co-occurrences
聚jù
0.424642 co-occurrences
蚀shí
0.38154 co-occurrences
收shōu
0.3781,098 co-occurrences
残cán
0.364126 co-occurrences
渐jiān
0.363150 co-occurrences
趋qū
0.35854 co-occurrences
谈tán
0.348120 co-occurrences
试shì
0.341240 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

拢照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。

lǒng zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .

Take a look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.

風傳媒Mar 2026

...被拒绝? NBA卫冕冠军雷霆称“时间乔不拢”婉拒访问白宫

. . . bèi jù jué ? N B A wèi 冕 guàn jūn léi 霆 chèn shí jiān qiáo bù lǒng wǎn jù fǎng wèn bái gōng

...Turned down? The Thunder, the reigning NBA champions, politely declined an invitation to visit the White House, citing "scheduling conflicts."

風傳媒Feb 2026

...团!梅尔兹押注中国市场,台湾问题向北京靠拢?

. . . tuán ! méi ěr zī yā zhù zhōng guó shì chǎng , tái wān wèn tí xiàng běi jīng kào lǒng ?

... Regiment! Merz bets on the Chinese market, and the Taiwan issue moves closer to Beijing?

Character Family

扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical

挨āi按àn扒bā拔bá把bǎ摆bǎi扳bān搬bān扮bàn拌bàn

Related Characters

手shǒu打dǎ找zhǎo拿ná才cái护hù报bào拉lā挺tǐng换huàn

Homophones — Characters pronounced lǒng

咙lóng胧lóng笼lóng聋lóng垄lǒng龙lóng隆lóng窿lóng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 拢 (lǒng) mean in Chinese?
拢 (lǒng) primarily means "to gather together." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2304 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 拢 and 下?
拢 (lǒng) and 下 (xià) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 拢 (up) vs 下 (down).
How many strokes does 拢 have?
拢 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 拢?
The radical associated with 拢 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 拢?
拢 is composed of: 扌 (semantic), 龙 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌龙 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 拢?
Common words with 拢 include: 拉拢 (lā lǒng, "to rope in"); 靠拢 (kào lǒng, "to draw close to"); 合拢 (hé lǒng, "to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc)"); 并拢 (bìng lǒng, "to draw together"); 收拢 (shōu lǒng, "to draw to oneself"). There are over 18 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 拢 (lǒng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lǒng: 咙 (used in 喉嚨|喉咙), 胧 (used in 朦朧|朦胧), 笼 (enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc), 聋 (deaf), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 拢 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 拢 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.