搂
lǒulōu HSK7

hug

搂 (摟) lǒu frequency
hug verb
to hug, embrace, or hold someone or something tightly in one's arms

那个小孩怀里紧紧地搂着一个大皮球。

nà​gè xiǎo​hái huái​lǐ jǐn​jǐn de lǒu zhe yī gè dà pí​qiú.

The child was clutching a large ball tightly in their arms.

搂 (摟) lōu
gather verb
to draw towards oneself or gather up items such as clothing or debris

她搂起袖子准备下地干活。

tā lōu qǐ xiù​zi zhǔn​bèi xià​dì gàn​huó.

She rolled up her sleeves, ready to work in the fields.

grab verb
to obtain money through greedy means or extortion

那个贪官在位期间搂了不少赃款。

nà gè tān​guān zài​wèi qī​jiān lōu le bù​shǎo zāng​kuǎn.

That corrupt official raked in a lot of illegal money while in office.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,795th most common 13.0 per million
Movie subtitles
3,006th most common 3.46 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.20 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
9.25 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
摟
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6402

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)