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呂
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吕
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spine

HSK 10 N1
Human →Body →Face
lǚ
ロ、リョ
せぼね
려
Depicts two metal plates.
Components
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
吕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
吕 / 呂 [Lǚ]
surname Lü
吕 / 呂 [lǚ]
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
Japanese
呂 りょ 同音

noun

  1. music abbrev. bass range (in Japanese music)
  2. six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
  3. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
呂 おと
Oto unclassified name
呂 り
Ri surname
呂 りょ
Ryo surname
呂 ろ
Ro surname
呂 ろい
Roi surname
CHINESE WORDS (20)
吕布 [Lǚ​Bù] #12,103
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
吕宋岛 [Lǚ​sòng​Dǎo] #53,988
Luzon Island, north Philippines
吕不韦 [Lǚ​Bù​wéi] #28,658
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qín​guó], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín​dài] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Yíng​Zhèng], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qín​Shǐ​huáng]
吕梁 [Lǚ​liáng] #32,309
Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
吕蒙 [Lǚ​Méng] #40,960
Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
吕梁市 [Lǚ​liáng​shì] #45,939
Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
吕洞宾 [Lǚ​Dòng​bīn] #49,389
Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Bā​xiān]
律吕 [lǜ​lǚ] #60,449
tuning
吕望 [Lǚ​Wàng] #61,489
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiāng​Zǐ​yá]
吕贝克 [Lǚ​bèi​kè] #63,718
Lübeck, Germany
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JAPANESE WORDS (97)
⭐ 風呂 [ふろ] #3,247
bath
⭐ お風呂 [おふろ] #3,351
bath
お風呂に入る [おふろにはいる] #7,059
to take a bath
⭐ 風呂場 [ふろば] #8,904
bathroom
風呂上がり [ふろあがり] #16,887
just out of the bath
⭐ 露天風呂 [ろてんぶろ] #19,959
open-air bath
⭐ 風呂敷 [ふろしき] #20,907
furoshiki
呂律 [ろれつ] #31,747
articulation
風呂から上がる [ふろからあがる] #32,267
to step out of the bath
風呂敷包み [ふろしきづつみ] #39,155
something wrapped in a furoshiki
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