吕

呂
lv
#1,714 most
frequent character
surname Lü

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

For lǚ, 吕 pictures two copper plates and first meant those plates. Another origin, gōng, pictures a dwelling. The reading lǚ keeps the copper-plate meaning.

Drawn as: pair of copper plates; dwelling

吕 as a component in other characters

sound6 characters
宫侣铝闾莒稆
picture1 character
营

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Same Characters, Different Readings

吕lv
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

Homophones

履lv
shoe, to tread on
吕lv
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
旅lv
trip, travel, to travel, brigade (army)

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