Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

screw; snail

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “luo” becomes a different word in each tone. 螺 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 螺丝钉luó sī dīngscrew
  • 螺丝luó sīscrew
  • 海螺hǎi luósea snail; whelk; conch
  • 螺线luó xiànspiral
  • 螺号luó hàoconch; shell as horn for signaling

Example Sentence

海边的沙滩上有许多漂亮的海螺。Hǎi biān de shā tān shàng yǒu xǔ duō piào liang de hǎi luó.There are many beautiful conch shells on the beach.

海边Hǎi biāncoastdeof沙滩shā tānbeachshàngonyǒuto have许多xǔ duōmany漂亮piào liangprettydeof海螺hǎi luósea snail