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The character "拢", whose traditional form is "攏", is constructed from the hand radical (扌) on the left, indicating an action related to the hand, combined with "龙" (lóng) on the right, which primarily serves as a phonetic component but also carries a sense of grandeur or bringing together. Its fundamental meaning, to gather together, collect, or hold together, derives directly from this combination, suggesting the action of the hand drawing things into one place. Over time, this core notion of bringing together extended into more abstract or figurative uses, such as summarizing ideas or, when speaking of distance, to approach or draw near to a point. The simplification of the character from "攏" to "拢" involved replacing the complex traditional component "龍" with its simpler counterpart "龙", a change that streamlined the writing while preserving the original phonetic hint and the essential concept of the hand's gathering action.
Example Sentences Hide
她把头发拢在一起。
我们靠拢一点吧。
他拢共来了三次。
孩子们拢在老师身边。
请把散落的文件拢起来。
他用双手拢住燃烧的火焰。
为了安全，大家向中间拢了拢。
经理试图把分散的团队拢到一起。