Definitions

luó (verb) patrol

Etymology

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

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About

The character 逻, with its traditional form 邏, is structured around the 辶 radical indicating movement and the phonetic component 羅, which originally meant "net" or "to catch with a net", giving the character an etymological sense of moving about to monitor or encircle an area. Historically, 邏 was used in classical texts to denote the act of patrolling or conducting inspections. Over centuries, while this core meaning persisted, the character was later employed in the compound 逻辑 to phonetically transcribe the Western term "logic", thereby acquiring an additional, specialized semantic layer unrelated to its original construction. The simplified form 逻 maintains the 辶 radical but substitutes the phonetic with 罗, a streamlined version of 羅.

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这个辑很简单。

Zhège luójí hěn jiǎndān.

This logic is very simple.

他在公园里巡

Tā zài gōngyuán lǐ xúnluó.

He is patrolling in the park.

辑思维很重要。

Luójí sīwéi hěn zhòngyào.

Logical thinking is very important.

警察每天巡街道。

Jǐngchá měitiān xúnluó jiēdào.

Police patrol the streets every day.

你的话没有辑。

Nǐ de huà méiyǒu luójí.

Your words have no logic.

队发现了可疑的人。

Xúnluó duì fāxiànle kěyí de rén.

The patrol team discovered a suspicious person.

辑推理是破案的关键。

Luójí tuīlǐ shì pò àn de guānjiàn.

Logical reasoning is the key to solving cases.

通过辑分析,我们得出了结论。

Tōngguò luójí fēnxī, wǒmen déchūle jiélùn.

Through logical analysis, we reached a conclusion.