逻 (luó): patrol

逻 (luó) is a Chinese character meaning “patrol.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 罗 (phonetic). It ranks #1580 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 逻 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. patrol

Etymology & Origin

逻

pictophoneticwalk

Decomposition: ⿺辶罗 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)

Stroke Order

1
2
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11

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 逻

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
逻辑nounluó ji(loanword) logic5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
巡逻verbxún luóto patrol
巡逻队xún luó duì(army, police) patrol
巡逻车nounxún luó chēpatrol car
逻辑学nounluó ji xuélogic
巡逻艇nounxún luó tǐngpatrol boat
逻各斯nounluó gè sī(loanword) (philosophy) logos
数理逻辑nounshù lǐ luó jímathematical logic
命题逻辑mìng tí luó jipropositional logic
量化逻辑liàng huà luó jiquantificational logic (i.e. first-order logic)
逻辑演算luó ji yǎn suànlogical calculation
逻辑链路控制luó ji liàn lù kòng zhìlogical link control
逻辑门nounluó ji ménlogic gate
逻辑错误luó ji cuò wùlogical error
词项逻辑cí xiàng luó ji(philosophy) term logic
逻辑炸弹luó jí zhà dànlogic bomb
20
Total compounds
40
As first character
10
As last character
50
As middle character

逻 appears in 20 compound words: 40 as the first character, 10 as the last, and 50 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 逻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

辑jí
0.77816,866 co-occurrences
巡xún
0.63713,515 co-occurrences
艇tǐng
0.426854 co-occurrences
次cì
0.3994,430 co-occurrences
谬miù
0.39648 co-occurrences
阶jiē
0.361419 co-occurrences
符fú
0.360349 co-occurrences
慑shè
0.35820 co-occurrences
舰jiàn
0.355480 co-occurrences
队duì
0.3541,348 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

保安在小区里巡逻,确保居民的安全。

Bǎo'ān zài xiǎoqū lǐ xúnluó, quèbǎo jūmín de ānquán.

Security guards patrol the community to ensure residents' safety.

中国军网Feb 2026

我维和官兵完成朱巴到摩吉瑞地区的短途巡逻和武装护卫任务

wǒ wéi hé guān bīng wán chéng zhū bā dào mó jí ruì dì qū de duǎn tú xún luó hé wǔ zhuāng hù wèi rèn wù

Our peacekeeping officers and men completed short-distance patrols and armed escort missions in the Juba-Mogiri area

鉅亨網 - 財經新聞、全球指數、股市報價、商品行情、理財投資Feb 2026

...多中国资产:A股步入“慢牛”新阶段 驱动逻辑转向获利成长

. . . duō zhōng guó zī chǎn : A gǔ bù rù màn niú xīn jiē duàn qū dòng luó jí zhuǎn xiàng huò lì chéng cháng

... Multi-Chinese assets: A-shares have entered a new stage of "slow bull", driving logic to profit growth

99 健康网Feb 2026

白糖怎么选?与无糖食品选择逻辑完全不同吗

bái táng zěn má xuǎn ? yǔ wú táng shí pǐn xuǎn zé luó jí wán quán bù tóng ma

How to choose white sugar? Is it completely different from the logic of sugar-free food selection?

百度新闻Feb 2026

高速交警邀“义务巡逻员”共吃年夜饭 警民共守平安路

gāo sù jiāo jǐng yāo yì wù xún luó yuán gòng chī nián yè fàn jǐng mín gòng shǒu píng ān lù

Highway traffic police invited "volunteer patrollers" to eat New Year's Eve dinner, police and people to guard the safe road together

百度新闻Feb 2026

新春走军营丨北部战区陆军某边防旅巡逻艇中队守望北疆..

xīn chūn zǒu jūn yíng 丨 běi bù zhàn ōu lù jūn mǒu biān fáng lǚ xún luó tǐng zhōng duì shǒu wàng běi jiāng . .

The new spring walk military camp丨Army in the northern theater of war a border guard brigade patrol boat squadron watch over the northern border ...

Tatoeba

你不懂基本逻辑吗?

Nǐ bù dǒng jīběn luóji ma?

Do you not understand basic logic?

Tatoeba

数学就像物理的逻辑一样。

Shùxué jiù xiàng wùlǐ de luóji yīyàng.

Mathematics is like the logic of physics.

Tatoeba

不正确的命题听起来可能符合逻辑。

Bù zhèngquè de mìngtí tīngqilai kěnéng fúhé luóji.

An argument may be logically sound without being true.

Tatoeba

最合逻辑的放鞋处是门口附近。

Zuì hé luó jí de fàng xié chǔ shì ménkǒu fùjìn.

The most logical place to keep your shoes is near the door.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced luó

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 逻 (luó) mean in Chinese?
逻 (luó) primarily means "patrol." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1580 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 逻 have?
逻 is written with 11 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 逻?
The radical associated with 逻 is 辶 (walk). This radical appears in many characters related to walk.
What are the components of 逻?
逻 is composed of: 辶 (semantic), 罗 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿺辶罗 with a surround-from-lower-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 逻?
Common words with 逻 include: 巡逻 (xún luó, "to patrol"); 逻辑 (luó ji, "(loanword) logic"); 巡逻队 (xún luó duì, "(army, police) patrol"); 巡逻车 (xún luó chē, "patrol car"); 逻辑学 (luó ji xué, "logic"). There are over 20 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 逻 (luó)?
Several characters share the pronunciation luó: 锣 (gong), 萝 (radish), 罗 (gauze), 落 (to fall, to drop), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 逻 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 逻 and the traditional form is 邏.

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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.