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骆 meaning and stroke order

luò

Camel

9 strokesRadical 马Traditional 駱
Strokes9
Pinyinluò
ToneTone 4
Frequency#3,159
Printable worksheet

How to write 骆, stroke by stroke

9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 骆

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

luòfourth tone (falling)
  1. camel
  2. white horse with a black mane (archaic)

How 骆 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Horse.

mǎhorse+gèeach

马 gives the meaning and 各 hints at the sound.

Radical: 马 (horse), shared by 54 characters on this site.

How to remember 骆

骆 (luò) puts 马 (mǎ, horse) on the left for meaning and 各 (gè) on the right as a sound hint. Picture a horse-like animal that carries loads for each (各) traveler across the desert: the camel.

骆 almost never appears alone in modern Chinese. It lives inside the word 骆驼 (luòtuo, camel), and it also shows up as a surname, Luò. Example: 沙漠里有很多骆驼。(Shāmò lǐ yǒu hěn duō luòtuo.) There are many camels in the desert.

Common mistake: Learners often read the right side 各 as gè and say "gètuo" for 骆驼. The correct sound is luò. In 骆驼 the second syllable 驼 is usually said in the neutral tone: luòtuo, not luòtuó.

Common words with 骆

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
骆驼luòtuocamel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny

骆 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

富fù人rén要yào进jìn天tiān国guó，比bǐ骆luò驼tuó穿chuān过guò针zhēn孔kǒng还hái要yào难nán。
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
她tā骑qí着zhe骆luò驼tuó。
She rode a camel.
骆luò驼tuó可kě以yǐ撑chēng很hěn久jiǔ不bù吃chī不bù喝hē。
The camel can go a long time without water and food.
萨sà米mǐ有yǒu峰fēng巨jù大dà的de骆luò驼tuó。
Sami has a huge camel.
骆luò驼tuó，这zhè么me说shuō吧ba，也yě就jiù是shì沙shā漠mò中zhōng的de船chuán。
A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.

Questions about 骆

How many strokes are in 骆?

骆 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 骆 mean?

骆 (luò) means camel. A common word with it is 骆驼 (luòtuo), meaning "camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny".

How do you pronounce 骆?

骆 is pronounced luò, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 骆?

The radical of 骆 is 马, which carries the idea of "horse". Dictionaries list 骆 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 骆?

The traditional form of 骆 is 駱. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 骆 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.

Why does the character for camel use the horse radical?

In this pictophonetic character, 马 marks the meaning area of large riding or pack animals, and 各 gives the sound. Camels were grouped with horses as animals used for riding and carrying goods. Its archaic sense was even a white horse with a black mane.

What measure word do I use for 骆驼?

The common measure words are 峰 (fēng), 匹 (pǐ), and 头 (tóu). For example, 一峰骆驼 (yì fēng luòtuo) means one camel, and 峰 refers to the camel's hump. In casual speech 骆驼 can also mean a blockhead, so pay attention to context.