吕 - lǚ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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6 strokes
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吕 (呂)

lǚ

Definition

pitch pipe
pitch standard
one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
musical note
temperament (music)
surname
spine
backbone

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

宫

gōng

palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale

营

yíng

camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for

串

chuàn

skewer; to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; classifier (for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of); measure word; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across

莒

Jǔ

Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

莒

jǔ

alternative name for taro (old)

麿

mǒ

Japanese kokuji pr. maro; I; you

丳

chǎn

skewer