呂

See also: 吕

Translingual

Han character

呂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口竹口 (RHR), four-corner 6060₀, composition ⿳口丿口)

Descendants

• ろ
• ロ

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 181, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3386
• Dae Jaweon: page 398, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 577, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5442

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Chinese

trad.		呂
simp.		吕*
alternative forms		膂 “spine”

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呂

1. ^† (anatomy) spine
2. ^† (music) even-numbered notes in shí'èrlǜ
3. Lü, a state in China that existed in the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

呂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. spine
2. backbone

Readings

• Go-on: ろ (ro, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo)
• Kun: せぼね (sebone, 呂)
• Nanori: おと (oto); とも (tomo); なが (naga)

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Korean

Hanja

呂 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呂: Hán Nôm readings: lã, lả, lỡ, lử, lữa, rả, rứa, trả, trở, lớ, lở, lữ

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