吕

呂

#1,714 most

frequent character

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

Character breakdown

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

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picture1 character

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