He was petting the dog.
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撸
Traditional: 擼
lū
lū
- (dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down
- (dialect) to fire (an employee)
- (dialect) to reprimand
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Character breakdown
撸
- Meaning
- to reprimand; to fire an employee
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- ⿰扌鲁
- Cangjie
- XQNWA
- Four-corner
- 5706
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