luǒ

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Meaning of

蓏 means melon fruit; gourd fruit; bare; naked; exposed. Pronounced luǒ.

  • melon fruit; gourd fruit
  • bare; naked; exposed
  • plain; unadorned; without packaging

Character Info

Radical
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Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

 
Shī
Jīng
 
zhōng
yǒu
 
zhōng
tián
yǒu
 
jiāng
yǒu
guā
 
shì
bāo
shì
 
xiàn
zhī
huáng
 
de
zǎi
 
zhōng
de
 
guā
 
zhǐ
lèi
luǒ
shí
 

The 'Book of Songs' records 'In the fields are huts, on the borders are melons, they are peeled and pickled, offered to the royal ancestors,' where 'melon' refers to this type of fruit.

rén
jiāng
 
páo
děng
guā
lèi
guǒ
shí
tǒng
chēng
wéi
luǒ
 

The ancients collectively referred to gourd fruits like calabash and bottle gourd as 'luǒ'.