liù

rough

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

录 sound component

  Sound component

  

copy

Evolution

碌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
碌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rough, uneven, rocky; mediocre; laborious; small stone; to record; to tape; to write down; to hire; to employ

 

liù

see 碌碡[liù​zhou]

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liù

variant of [liù]

Most common words with 碌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

忙碌

busy

laborious

劳碌

tiring

庸庸碌碌

ordinary

骨碌

to spin