吕
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pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,384 U+5415
How 吕 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two mouths 口 in harmony
components: 口 ×2
How to remember it
spine · Heisig RSH #865
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 吕 as their sound component
These characters all use 吕 (lǚ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吕 sound component | lǚ | a musical note; surname |
| 宫 | gōng | palace; surname |
| 侣 | lǚ | companion; associate with |
| 铝 | lǚ | aluminum |
| 闾 | lǘ | a village of twenty-five families |
| 莒 | jǔ | taro, hemp; herb; |
| 稆 | lǚ | wild grain |
Words containing 吕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 | gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn | a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness |
| 萨尔布吕肯 | Sà ěr bù lǚ kěn | Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany |
| 吕贝克 | Lǚ bèi kè | Lübeck, Germany |
| 吕氏春秋 | Lǚ shì Chūn qiū | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred … |
| 吕梁市 | Lǚ liáng Shì | Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 泽布吕赫 | Zé bù lǚ hè | Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium) |
| 吕布 | Lǚ Bù | Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord |
| 吕嘉民 | Lǚ Jiā mín | Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer |
| 吕纯阳 | Lǚ Chún yáng | see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lu:3 Dong4 bin1] |
| 吕宋海峡 | Lǚ sòng Hǎi xiá | Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines) |
| 吕洞宾 | Lǚ Dòng bīn | Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] |
| 吕不韦 | Lǚ Bù wéi | Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subs… |
| 吕蒙 | Lǚ Méng | Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu |
| 吕望 | Lǚ Wàng | see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2] |
| 吕宋岛 | Lǚ sòng Dǎo | Luzon Island, north Philippines |
| 吕岩 | Lǚ Yán | Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet |
| 吕梁 | Lǚ liáng | see 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4] |
| 律吕 | lǜ lǚ | tuning; temperament |
| 吕布戟 | lǚ bù jǐ | snake halberd |
| 吕览 | Lǚ lǎn | "Mr Lü's Annals", same as 呂氏春秋|吕氏春秋[Lu:3 shi4 Chun1 qiu1] |