lǒulōu

hug

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

婁 sound component

  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

摟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
摟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lǒu

hug, embrace; drag, pull; to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms

() 

lōu

to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort

Most common words with 摟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hug

搂抱

to hug

抖搂

to shake out