碌 lù rocky
rocky; rough; uneven
How to remember 碌: 石 stone + 录 record = rocky. Every stone on the trail shakes the hiker's camera, and his record of the day shows how rocky the path is.
Component breakdown
碌 = 石 stone + 录 record
- 石 stone
- 录 record
Every stone on the trail shakes the hiker's camera, and his record of the day shows how rocky the path is.
How it is used
- Bound morpheme that in practice only appears in 忙碌 (mánglù) "busy", a slightly more literary/written version of plain 忙 - used for describing a busy schedule or hectic period: 忙碌的一天 (mánglù de yī tiān) "a busy day".
- You won't see 碌 productively combined elsewhere in everyday Chinese.