How to Write 珞 (luò) — Meaning “Necklace; ornament”

Picture a king (王) wearing a beautiful necklace, and each bead on the necklace represents the word 'each' (各). So imagine the king saying 'Each bead is precious!' This links the left side (jade/king) and the right side (each) to the meaning of a jade necklace.

Write the left radical 王 first: horizontal, horizontal, vertical, then the last horizontal changes to a lift. Then write the right part 各: start with the top夂 (left-falling, horizontal, right-falling), then the 口 box. A common mistake is making the 王 too wide or forgetting that the last stroke of 王 becomes a lift, not a horizontal line.

The right side is the key difference: 珞 has 各 (each), 玟 has 文 (pattern/text), and 玡 has 牙 (tooth). Visually, 珞's right part looks like a person's legs (夂) above a mouth (口), while 玟's right part is a simple cross pattern. In meaning, 珞 is a jade ornament, 玟 is jade patterns, and 玡 is a type of jade.

珞 is not a common daily character, but it appears in proper names like 珞珈 (Luojia, a famous mountain in Wuhan) and 璎珞 (yīng luò, a jade necklace often mentioned in Buddhist texts). It is also part of the ethnic group name 珞巴族 (Lhoba people in Tibet). You might see it in classical poetry or place names.

Common words containing 珞 include: 璎珞 (yīng luò) — Jade necklace or ornament; 珞珈 (luò jiā) — Luojia (place name); 珞巴族 (luò bā zú) — Lhoba ethnic group.