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The character 噜, traditionally written as 嚕, is constructed from the mouth radical 口 paired with 魯 (simplified to 鲁) serving as a phonetic element, which together form a graph dedicated to auditory representation. Its etymology is rooted in mimicking sounds, primarily appearing in disyllabic compounds like 咕噜 to simulate gurgling or rumbling noises, and it entered the written language comparatively late as a tool for phonetic transcription. Over its history, the character has retained this strictly onomatopoeic function, without expanding into broader semantic roles, thus maintaining a structural focus where the mouth radical denotes vocal or sound-related origins while the phonetic component guides pronunciation, preserving its narrow applicational scope.
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小猫发出呼噜呼噜的声音。
他睡觉时打呼噜声很大。
我的肚子饿得咕噜咕噜叫。
壶里的水烧开了，咕噜咕噜冒泡。
他一句话也没说，咕噜一声把水喝完了。
发动机呼噜呼噜地响了一阵，终于启动了。
他模仿猪的呼噜声简直惟妙惟肖。
听着那有节奏的呼噜声，她反而渐渐有了睡意。