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缕

lǚ

Character Traditional 縷

What 缕 means

1. strand
2. thread
3. detailed
4. in detail
5. classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

Words starting with 缕

• 缕述lǚ shùto relate in detail

Words containing 缕

• 千丝万缕qiān sī wàn lǚ(idiom) intricately interconnected
• 纹缕wén lǚveined pattern; wrinkles; vein lines (in marble or fingerprint)
• 丝缕sī lǚsilk thread
• 繁缕fán lǚcommon chickweed (Stellaria media)
• 葛缕子gě lǚ zicaraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi)
• 不绝如缕bù jué rú lǚhanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct
• 条分缕析tiáo fēn lǚ xīto analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
• 罗缕纪存luó lǚ jì cúnto record and preserve
• 筚路蓝缕bì lù lán lǚthe hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)
• 蓝缕lán lǚvariant of 褴褛
• 纹缕儿wén lǚ rerhua variant of 纹缕

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 褛lǚused in 褴褛
• 窭jùpoor; rustic

Characters that look like 缕

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

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

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
• 吕pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
• 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