络 luò web
web; net
怎么记住“络”: 纟 silk + 各 each = web. In the garden shed a spider spins its silk from beam to beam, fixing each strand until the web shines at dawn.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
络 = 纟 silk + 各 each
- 纟 silk meaning
- 各 each sound
- 夂 downward foot
- 口 mouth
In the garden shed a spider spins its silk from beam to beam, fixing each strand until the web shines at dawn.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the right part the sound: a web of thread.
用法
- 络 almost never stands alone. It shows up bolted onto another syllable to mean a connecting web or thread of contact.
- 网络 wǎngluò is the everyday word for 'the Internet' or a network, while 联络 liánluò is the verb for keeping in touch with someone: 我们保持联络 (wǒmen bǎochí liánluò). Let's stay in touch.
- 脉络 màiluò extends the 'network of veins' image to an abstract thread of logic, e.g. the 脉络 of an argument or a story.
- 络绎不绝 luòyì-bùjué is a set four-character phrase for an unbroken stream of people or traffic, mostly written/formal register.