拢
to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,477 U+62E2
How 拢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 龙 (phonetic, lóng)
How to remember it
draw near · Heisig RSH #2935
fingers + 龙 dragon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 龙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 龙 (lóng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙 sound component | lóng | dragon; symbol of the emperor |
| 笼 | lóng | basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum |
| 宠 | chǒng | to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine |
| 聋 | lóng | deaf |
| 陇 | lǒng | a mountain located in the Shanxi provice |
| 垄 | lǒng | grave, mound; furrow, ridge |
| 珑 | lóng | the tinkling of jewelry |
| 泷 | lóng | raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong |
| 胧 | lóng | blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon |
| 茏 | lóng | tall grass; water-weeds |
| 咙 | lóng | throat |
| 眬 | lóng | faint, fuzzy, blurry |
| 砻 | lóng | millstone; to grind, to mill |
| 垅 | lǒng | grave, mound; furrow, ridge |
| 栊 | lóng | cage, pen; grating |
Words containing 拢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合不拢嘴 | hé bù lǒng zuǐ | unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear; mouth a… |
| 收拢人心 | shōu lǒng rén xīn | to win people's hearts |
| 谈不拢 | tán bù lǒng | can't come to an agreement |
| 拉拢 | lā lǒng | to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice |
| 合拢 | hé lǒng | to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying)… |
| 拢火 | lǒng huǒ | to make a fire |
| 集拢 | jí lǒng | to gather; to assemble |
| 收拢 | shōu lǒng | to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to asse… |
| 拢共 | lǒng gòng | altogether; in sum; in all; in total |
| 拢总 | lǒng zǒng | altogether; in sum; in all; in total |
| 归拢 | guī lǒng | to gather; to rake together; to pile up |
| 谈拢 | tán lǒng | to reach an agreement |
| 聚拢 | jù lǒng | to gather together |
| 汇拢 | huì lǒng | to collect; to gather |
| 并拢 | bìng lǒng | to draw together; to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of… |
| 拼拢 | pīn lǒng | to put together |
| 围拢 | wéi lǒng | to crowd around |
| 靠拢 | kào lǒng | to draw close to |
| 拢攥 | lǒng zuàn | to grasp; to clutch |