吕 (lǚ): pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
吕 (lǚ) is a Chinese character meaning “pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #1700 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 吕 two mouths 口 in harmony. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwo mouths 口 in harmony
Decomposition: ⿱口口 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吕宋岛 | lǚ sòng dǎo | Luzon Island, north Philippines |
| 吕贝克 | lǚ bèi kè | Lübeck, Germany |
| 狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心 | gǒu yǎo lǚ dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn | a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) |
| 萨尔布吕肯 | sà ěr bù lǚ kěn | Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany |
| 吕望 | lǚ wàng | see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2] |
| 吕布 | lǚ bù | Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord |
| 泽布吕赫 | zé bù lǚ hè | Zeebrugge (port city in Belgium) |
| 吕纯阳 | lǚ chún yáng | see 呂洞賓|吕洞宾[Lu:3 Dong4 bin1] |
| 律吕 | lǜ lǚ | tuning |
| 吕梁市 | lǚ liáng shì | Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 吕嘉民 | lǚ jiā mín | Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer |
| 吕宋海峡 | lǚ sòng hǎi xiá | Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines) |
| 吕布戟 | lǚ bù jǐ | snake halberd |
| 吕氏春秋 | lǚ shì chūn qiū | lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百... |
| 吕洞宾 | lǚ dòng bīn | Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] |
吕 appears in 20 compound words: 80 as the first character, 5 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 吕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他吕才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā lǚ cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He is exceptionally talented, eloquent, and an outstanding lawyer.
吕绍炜专栏:美伊战争,让那些以为“逝去”的...
lǚ shào 炜 zhuān lán : měi yī zhàn zhēng , ràng nà xiē yǐ wéi shì qù de . . .
Lü Shaowei's Column: The U.S.-Iran War Brings Back What We Thought Was "Gone"...
Ken Sir吕宇健清仓毛记葵涌 套现2450万元
K e n S i r lǚ yǔ jiàn qīng cāng máo jì 葵 chōng tào xiàn 2 4 5 0 wàn yuán
Ken Sir Lu Yujian Sells Entire Stake in Mao Ji Kwai Chung, Cashing Out HK$24.5 Million
...方保养有功 滕丽名做带货工作讲足4个钟 吕慧仪元宵节与家人食饭冇张景淳份
. . . fāng bǎo yǎng yǒu gōng 滕 lí míng zuò dài huò gōng zuò jiǎng zú 4 gè zhōng lǚ huì yí yuán xiāo jié yǔ jiā rén shí fàn 冇 zhāng jǐng chún fèn
... Fang Xiangyi has meritorious service, Teng Liming does the work of bringing goods, and talks for 4 hours, Lu Huiyi has a Lantern Festival and has a meal with her family, and Zhang Jingchun has no share
被检举出卖黄吕锦茹 赖苡任曝向考纪会“第一次说出所有内...
bèi jiǎn jǔ chū mài huáng lǚ jǐn 茹 lài 苡 rèn pù xiàng kǎo jì huì dì yī cì shuō chū suǒ yǒu nèi . . .
was reported to betray Huang Lu Jinru Lai Yiren revealed to the Examination and Discipline Committee that "for the first time, all the inside...
Character Family
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