Radical

8 strokes

錄

snout (267a) + water 水 (523) = record 录

Note that the final stroke of “snout” (267a) is extended here.

录音 (257) lùyīn (sound) recording

[记录 (272) jìlù to record, a record]

Each time the pig dips his snout in the water, the naturalist excitedly records it. / His dwarf assistant thinks this obsession is ludicrous.