螺 (luó): spiral shell, snail, conch
螺 (luó) is a Chinese character meaning “spiral shell.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (semantic) and 累 (phonetic). It ranks #2313 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 螺 insect. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 蛋 (dàn, egg), 虽 (suī, although), 虫 (chóng, insect).
Definitions
- spiral shell
- snail
- conch
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螺丝 | luó sī | screw |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral |
| 陀螺 | tuó luó | spinning top |
| 螺丝刀 | luó sī dāo | screwdriver |
| 螺旋桨 | luó xuán jiǎng | propeller |
| 螺栓 | luó shuān | bolt (male component of nut and bolt) |
| 螺钉 | luó dīng | screw |
| 螺丝钉 | luó sī dīng | screw |
| 海螺 | hǎi luó | sea snail |
| 螺母 | luó mǔ | nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| 螺纹 | luó wén | spiral pattern |
| 螺帽 | luó mào | nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| 螺旋体 | luó xuán tǐ | Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria |
| 鹦鹉螺 | yīng wǔ luó | nautilus |
| 螺旋藻 | luó xuán zǎo | spiral algae |
螺 appears in 63 compound words: 54 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 29 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 螺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这个螺字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě luó zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "螺" had different meanings in Classical Chinese.
58岁男鼻腔流脓飘异味 3公分螺丝卡40年
5 8 suì nán bí qiāng liú 脓 piāo yì wèi 3 gōng fēn luó sī kǎ 4 0 nián
58-Year-Old Man Experiences Foul-Smelling Nasal Discharge; 3-Centimeter Screw Found to Have Been Lodged for 40 Years
最适合夫妻长期避孕药有哪些?含屈螺酮的短效药安全性如何
zuì shì gě fū qī cháng qī bì yùn yào yǒu nǎ xiē ? hán qū luó 酮 de duǎn xiào yào ān quán xìng rú hé
What are the best long-term contraceptives for couples? How safe are drospirenone-containing short-acting drugs?
哈伯望远镜进入死亡螺旋?专家指高度下降变快 不维修恐这时坠回...
hā bó wàng yuǎn jìng jìn rù sǐ wáng luó xuán ? zhuān jiā zhǐ gāo dù xià jiàng biàn kuài bù wéi xiū kǒng zhè shí zhuì huí . . .
Hubble telescope enters death spiral? Experts say that the altitude drops faster, and if you don't repair it, you may fall back at this time...
海螺材料科技(02560):宁波海螺新材料拟...
hǎi luó cái liào kē jì ( 0 2 5 6 0 ) : nìng bō hǎi luó xīn cái liào nǐ . . .
Conch Material Technology (02560): Ningbo Conch New Materials Intended...
海螺水泥(00914)控股股东海螺集团将斥不...
hǎi luó shuǐ ní ( 0 0 9 1 4 ) kòng gǔ gǔ dōng hǎi luó jí tuán jiāng chì bù . . .
Conch Cement (00914) controlling shareholder Conch Group will reprimand...
螺栓我找到了，螺帽在哪里？
Luóshuān wǒ zhǎodào le, luómào zài nǎlǐ?
I've got the bolts. Where are the nuts?
蜗牛壳是螺旋形的.
Wōniúké shì luóxuánxíng de.
A snail's shell is spiral in form.
现在你只要拧紧螺丝，就大功告成了。
Xiànzài nǐ zhǐyào níng jǐn luósī, jiù dàgōnggàochéng le.
Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.
Character Family
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