拢

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to gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up; to comb (hair)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 龙 sound ( lóng )

Components 扌龙

draw near · Heisig RSH #2935

fingers + 龙 dragon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
合不拢嘴	hé bù lǒng zuǐ	unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc; grinning from ear to ear; mouth a…
收拢人心	shōu lǒng rén xīn	to win people's hearts
谈不拢	tán bù lǒng	can't come to an agreement
拉拢	lā lǒng	to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
合拢	hé lǒng	to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying)…
拢火	lǒng huǒ	to make a fire
集拢	jí lǒng	to gather; to assemble
收拢	shōu lǒng	to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect; to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc); to asse…
拢共	lǒng gòng	altogether; in sum; in all; in total
拢总	lǒng zǒng	altogether; in sum; in all; in total
归拢	guī lǒng	to gather; to rake together; to pile up
谈拢	tán lǒng	to reach an agreement
聚拢	jù lǒng	to gather together
汇拢	huì lǒng	to collect; to gather
并拢	bìng lǒng	to draw together; to place side by side (e.g. one's fingers, two halves of a torn sheet of…
拼拢	pīn lǒng	to put together
围拢	wéi lǒng	to crowd around
靠拢	kào lǒng	to draw close to
拢攥	lǒng zuàn	to grasp; to clutch

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
龙 sound part	lóng	dragon; symbol of the emperor
笼	lóng	basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
宠	chǒng	to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine
聋	lóng	deaf
陇	lǒng	a mountain located in the Shanxi provice
垄	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
珑	lóng	the tinkling of jewelry
泷	lóng	raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong
胧	lóng	blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon
茏	lóng	tall grass; water-weeds
咙	lóng	throat
眬	lóng	faint, fuzzy, blurry
砻	lóng	millstone; to grind, to mill
垅	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
栊	lóng	cage, pen; grating