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闾

lǘ

Character Traditional 閭

What 闾 means

1. gate of a village
2. village

Words containing 闾

• 阖闾Hé LǘKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 阖庐
• 尾闾骨wěi lǘ gǔcoccyx; tailbone
• 阖闾城Hé lǘ chéngcapital city of King Helu of Wu from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
• 吴王阖闾Wú wáng Hé LǘKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five…
• 阖闾城遗址Hé Lǘ chéng yí zhǐruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
• 改换门闾gǎi huàn mén lǘsee 改换门庭

Characters built on 吕

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

• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 侣lǚcompanion
• 莒jǔalternative name for taro (old)

Sounds the same

Read lǘ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 驴donkey
• 榈palm tree
• 藘madder