(Luò): surname Luo, used in transliteration

(Luò) is a Chinese character meaning “surname luo.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (water). It ranks #646 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: water9 strokesFrequency #646

Definitions

  1. surname Luo
  2. used in transliteration

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
luò shān jīLos Angeles, California
hǎi luò yīn(loanword) heroin
xià luò tèCharlotte (name)
kǎ luò sīCarlos (name)
tè luò yīancient city of Troy
fú luò yī déFloyd (name)
mó luò gēMorocco
luò pèi zīLopez (name)
luò línLorraine (region in France)
lán sī luò tèLancelot (name)
xià luò kèShylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)
luò kè fēi lèRockefeller
luò jīLoki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology
sī luò fá kèSlovakia (officially the Slovak Republic since 1993)
bó luò ní yàBologna
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Total compounds
37
As first character
14
As last character
49
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 37 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 49 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (8)

FóluòyīdéHSK 7+

Freud; Floyd

luòyángzhǐguìHSK 3+

to be all the rage for a time; to be immensely popular

phrase
SīluòfákèHSK 7+

Slovakia (a country in Central Europe)

YījīnhuòluòHSK 7+

Ejin Horo (a banner in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China)

YīluòwǎdǐHSK 7+

Ayeyarwady (a region of Burma, Myanmar; formerly, Irrawaddy)

FúluòyīdéHSK 7+

a transliteration of the German surname Freud; a transliteration of the English surname Floyd

Luòjī ShānmàiHSK 7+

Rocky Mountains

LuòkèfēilèHSK 7+

a transliteration of the English surname Rockefeller

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

清晨的面波光粼粼,倒映着岸边的柳树。

qīng chén de Luò miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .

The surface of the Luo River shimmered in the early morning light, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.

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luó sù kè Luò zhǔ yǎn de niǔ lún bǎo 3 yuè N e t f l i x shàng xiàn

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dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē Luò hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù

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huáng Luò 妍 shén dǎo mó xié 蒨 wén chàng gōng lǐ 尹 嫣 xiàn shēng yíng jiǎng jīn

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dì èr jí míng xīng bǎn chàng qián huáng Luò 妍 lǐ 尹 嫣 wéi guàn zhòng yíng dé yú wàn yuán xiàn jīn jiǎng hè xīn chūn

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sī Luò fá kè zhèng fǔ xuān bù jìn rù guó jiā shí yóu jǐn jí zhuàng tài

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 洛 (Luò) mean in Chinese?
洛 (Luò) primarily means "surname luo." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #646 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 洛 have?
洛 is written with 9 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 洛?
The radical associated with 洛 is 氵 (water). This radical appears in many characters related to water.
What are common words containing 洛?
Common words with 洛 include: 洛杉矶 (luò shān jī, "Los Angeles, California"); 海洛因 (hǎi luò yīn, "(loanword) heroin"); 夏洛特 (xià luò tè, "Charlotte (name)"); 卡洛斯 (kǎ luò sī, "Carlos (name)"); 特洛伊 (tè luò yī, "ancient city of Troy"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
Is 洛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 洛 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.