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洛
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Luo River

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
Luò, luò
ラク
락
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 各 each =
洛 Luo River
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
各 Phonetic component
gè each
each, individually, every, all
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
洛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
洛 [Luò]
surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
洛 [luò]
used in transliteration
Japanese
洛 、 雒 らく 同音
noun archaic the capital (esp. Kyoto)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (200)
洛杉矶 [Luò​shān​jī] #1,142
Los Angeles, California
洛杉矶 [Luò​shān​jī] #1,142
Los Angeles, California
洛阳 [Luò​yáng] #68,894
Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
洛阳 [Luò​yáng] #68,894
Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
海洛因 [hǎi​luò​yīn] #4,870
heroin (loanword)
摩洛哥 [Mó​luò​gē] #12,209
Morocco
卡洛斯 [Kǎ​luò​sī] #10,220
Carlos (name)
夏洛特 [Xià​luò​tè] #6,688
Charlotte (name)
捷克斯洛伐克 [Jié​kè​Sī​luò​fá​kè] #27,021
Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)
斯洛伐克 [Sī​luò​fá​kè] #23,380
Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
上洛 [じょうらく] #34,121
going to Kyoto
洛 [らく] #39,302
the capital (esp. Kyoto)
洛中 [らくちゅう] #55,322
inside the capital
洛内 [らくない] #78,980
in Kyoto or the capital
洛外 [らくがい] #81,024
outside Kyoto or the capital
京洛 [きょうらく] #82,660
capital (esp. Kyoto)
入洛 [じゅらく] #88,591
proceeding to Kyoto
洛北 [らくほく] #93,634
north of the capital
洛中洛外 [らくちゅうらくがい] #104,990
in and around the city of Kyoto
帰洛 [きらく] #105,623
returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
낙동강
Nakdonggang River