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褛

lǚ

Character Traditional 褸

What 褛 means

1. used in {褴褛|lán lu : 3}

Words containing 褛

• 褴褛lán lǚ(of clothes) ragged; shabby

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
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 窭jùpoor; rustic

Characters that look like 褛

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

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 褥rùmattress
• 榛zhēn(bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel

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
• 膂backbone; strength
• 梠beam at the eaves
• 溇drizzle
• 穞wild grain