luō

to pluck

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

寽 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

to take, to seize

also acts as a meaning component.

Evolution

捋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to pluck; to gather in the fingers; to rub; to scrape off; to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke

 

luō

to hold sth long and run one's hand along it