噜

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grumble; chatter

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 鲁 sound ( lǔ )

Components 口鲁

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
打呼噜	dǎ hū lu	to snore
达噜噶齐	dá lū gá qí	Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
噜苏	lū sū	see 囉唆\|啰唆[luo1 suo5]
呼噜	hū lū	(onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing, or a cat purring
咕噜肉	gū lū ròu	sweet and sour meat (pork)
滴里嘟噜	dī lǐ dū lu	cumbersome
叽里咕噜	jī li gū lū	see 嘰哩咕嚕\|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1]
呼噜噜	hū lū lū	(onom.) to snore; wheezing
咕噜	gū lu	(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound
叽哩咕噜	jī li gū lū	(onom.) to jabber; to rumble
嘟噜	dū lu	bunch; cluster; classifier for bunched objects; to hang down in a bunch; to droop

Characters sharing the sound component 鲁 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
鲁 sound part	lǔ	foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
橹	lǔ	oar, scull; to row, to scull
撸	lū	to reprimand; to fire an employee
氇	lǔ	thick rough serge from Tibet
镥	lǔ	lutetium