Chinese symbol for “sift”
罗
luó
Traditional: 羅
gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sift is 罗 (luó), defined as: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sift”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沙 | shà | (dialect) to sift; to sieve |
| 过筛 (過篩) | guò shāi | to put through a sieve; to sift (flour etc); to strain (a liquid); (fig.) to screen; to filter; to select |
| 筛 (篩) | shāi | (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 罗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古罗马 (古羅馬) | gǔ Luó mǎ | ancient Rome |
| 普罗 (普羅) | pǔ luó | proletariat (loanword); abbr. for 普罗列塔利亚 (pǔ luó liè tǎ lì yà) |
| 罗列 (羅列) | luó liè | to list; to enumerate |
| 罗汉 (羅漢) | luó hàn | (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿罗汉 (ā luó hàn)) |
| 包罗万象 (包羅萬象) | bāo luó wàn xiàng | all-embracing; all-inclusive |
| 罗曼史 (羅曼史) | luó màn shǐ | romance (loanword); love affair |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sift”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.