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膂

lǚ

Character

What 膂 means

1. backbone
2. strength

Words starting with 膂

• 膂力lǚ lìstrength; bodily strength; brawn

Characters built on 月

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

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 骨gǔbone
• 肤fūskin
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 肚dùbelly

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
• 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
• 梠beam at the eaves
• 溇drizzle
• 穞wild grain