螺
spiral shell; snail; conch
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,259 U+87BA
How 螺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “insect”) + 累 (phonetic, lèi)
How to remember it
spiral shell · Heisig RSH #2419
虫 insect + 累 tired
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 累
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 累 (lèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 累 sound component | lèi | tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance |
| 骡 | luó | mule |
| 漯 | tà | a river in northern Shandong |
| 瘰 | luǒ | scrofula, swellings |
| 嫘 | léi | surname |
| 缧 | léi | chains, bonds |
Words containing 螺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螺丝起子 | luó sī qǐ zi | screwdriver |
| 螺线管 | luó xiàn guǎn | solenoid |
| 十字螺丝刀 | shí zì luó sī dāo | Phillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip) |
| 包氏螺旋体 | Bāo shì luó xuán tǐ | Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria |
| 螺旋曲面 | luó xuán qū miàn | spiral surface |
| 海螺 | hǎi luó | sea snail; whelk; conch |
| 方头螺帽 | fāng tóu luó mào | square headed nut |
| 螺旋测微器 | luó xuán cè wēi qì | micrometer screw gauge; micrometer |
| 钩端螺旋体病 | gōu duān luó xuán tǐ bìng | leptospirosis |
| 螺线 | luó xiàn | spiral |
| 吃螺丝 | chī luó sī | (of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw) |
| 螺丝母 | luó sī mǔ | nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| 螺旋体 | luó xuán tǐ | Spirochaetes, phylum of extremophile bacteria; spiral-shaped bacterium, e.g. causing syphi… |
| 螺旋面 | luó xuán miàn | fusilli (pasta) |
| 杀螺剂 | shā luó jì | snail poison |
| 内六角圆柱头螺钉 | nèi liù jiǎo yuán zhù tóu luó dīng | hexagon socket head cap screw |
| 螺丝刀 | luó sī dāo | screwdriver; CL:把[ba3] |
| 螺号 | luó hào | conch; shell as horn for signaling |
| 螺丝粉 | luó sī fěn | gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta) |
| 螺旋形 | luó xuán xíng | spiral |