缕 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lǚ

thread

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縷.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì, sī

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

娄 Sound component

lóu

surname

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

lǚ

thread; detailed, precise; strand; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

Most common words with 缕

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	缕	strand
	千丝万缕	linked in countless ways
	条分缕析	to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
	不绝如缕	hanging by a thread
	筚路蓝缕	the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2894th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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