Chinese Character Wiki
呂

lǚ

pitchpipe

Original meaning: 

metal plates

Depicts two metal plates.

Evolution

呂 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
呂 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
呂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呂 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
呂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

吕 (呂) 

lǚ

surname; a musical note; pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

吕 (呂) 

Lǚ

surname Lü

Most common words with 呂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吕

surname Lü

吕布

Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord

吕宋岛

Luzon Island, north Philippines

吕不韦

Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín​guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín​dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Yíng​Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín​Shǐ​huáng]

吕梁

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

予 侶

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]aʔ

ljoX

lǚ

spine; pitch-pipe


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

1716th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

吕

Unicode

U+5442

Shuowen

“呂，脊骨也。象形。昔太嶽為禹心呂之臣，故封呂侯。膂，篆文呂，从肉，从旅。”


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