lǒng

to gather together; to collect

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

hand (扌) + dragon (龙) = gather and pull together

The hand radical carries the meaning: gathering, drawing near, or pulling things together with your hands. 龙 gives the sound lǒng and does not contribute to the sense.

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她把散落的纸张在一起。

tā bǎ sàn luò de zhǐ zhāng lǒng zài yī qǐ。

she gathered the scattered papers together.

他用手把头发了拢,显得整齐多了。

tā yòng shǒu bǎ tóu fà lǒng le lǒng,xiǎn de zhěng qí duō le。

he combed his hair together with his hand, and it looked much neater.

Words with 拢

集拢

jí lǒng

to gather

并拢

bìng lǒng

to draw together

汇拢

huì lǒng

to collect

围拢

wéi lǒng

to crowd around

合不拢嘴

hé bù lǒng zuǐ

unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc

合拢

hé lǒng

to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc)

拉拢

lā lǒng

to rope in

拼拢

pīn lǒng

to put together

拢共

lǒng gòng

altogether; in sum; in all; in total

拢攥

lǒng zuàn

to grasp

拢火

lǒng huǒ

to make a fire

拢总

lǒng zǒng

altogether; in sum; in all; in total

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