Chinese Character Wiki
旅

lǚ

trip

Original meaning: 

army campaign

Depicts two soldiers marching beneath a flag. The original meaning was "army campaign", but later shifted to "travel".

Components
㫃 iconic component

㫃  Iconic component

yǎn

  

flags flying

Depicts a flag

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

旅 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

旅  

lǚ

trip, journey; travel; traveler; trip; to travel; brigade (army)

Most common words with 旅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

旅游

trip

旅行

to travel

旅馆

hotel

旅

trip

旅客

traveler

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

膂

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]aʔ

ljoX

lǚ

military unit of 500 men; to go


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 43.6169% of movies

839th most common character in movies

950th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+65C5

Shuowen

“旅，軍之五百人為旅。从，从从；从，俱也。，古文旅。古文以為魯、衛之魯。”


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