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吕

lǚ

Character Traditional 呂

What 吕 means

1. pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

Other readings

吕 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lǚsurname Lü

Words starting with 吕

• 吕布Lǚ BùLü Bu (-198), general and warlord
• 吕岩Lǚ YánLü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet
• 吕蒙Lǚ MéngLü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
• 吕览Lǚ lǎn"Mr Lü's Annals", same as 吕氏春秋
• 吕不韦Lǚ Bù wéiLü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦国
• 吕嘉民Lǚ Jiā mínLü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎
• 吕梁市Lǚ liáng ShìLüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 吕洞宾Lǚ Dòng bīnLü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙
• 吕贝克Lǚ bèi kèLübeck, Germany
• 吕氏春秋Lǚ shì Chūn qiūlit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred…
• 吕宋岛Lǚ sòng DǎoLuzon Island, north Philippines
• 吕宋海峡Lǚ sòng Hǎi xiáLuzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
• 吕布戟lǚ bù jǐsnake halberd
• 吕望Lǚ Wàngsee Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
• 吕梁Lǚ liángsee 吕梁市
• 吕纯阳Lǚ Chún yángsee 吕洞宾

Words containing 吕

• 律吕lǜ lǚtuning; temperament
• 泽布吕赫Zé bù lǚ hèZeebrugge (port city in Belgium)
• 萨尔布吕肯Sà ěr bù lǚ kěnSaarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
• 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīna dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom); to ill reward a person's kindness

Characters that look like 吕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 贞zhēnchaste
• 匠jiàngcraftsman
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Sounds the same

Read lǚ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 旅trip; travel; to travel
• 履shoe; to tread on
• 侣companion
• 屡time and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 缕strand; thread; detailed
• 铝aluminum (chemistry)
• 捋to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke
• 褛used in 褴褛
• 膂backbone; strength
• 梠beam at the eaves
• 溇drizzle
• 穞wild grain