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刻漏
kè​lòu

clepsydra

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刻漏 kè​lòu
clepsydra
An ancient Chinese water clock, also known as 漏壶 lòu​hú. It measured time by the gradual leaking of water from a vessel, which would reveal marked lines on an arrow inside.

Frequency

Written text
0.026 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 座 zuò

Same as

  • 漏壶 lòu​hú

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)