Kilo Lingo

(lù) - record in Mandarin

Traditional: 录

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Translation

record

Word origin

A phono-semantic character pairing the metal radical 钅(jīn) with 录 (lù) as the phonetic; it first meant to engrave or inscribe on metal, hence to record.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
钅 (metal radical) + 录 (lù, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 录

Examples

Please write it down.

He broke the world record.

This is a complete record.

He recorded the whole meeting.

Please record the singing in.

录 (lù) means record, and pairs with 记 in 记录 (jì lù), to record.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 录.

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This word is part of lesson 109.