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呂

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See also: 吕 and 㠯
呂 U+5442, 呂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5442
← 呁
[U+5441] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呃 →
[U+5443]
呂 U+F980, 呂
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F980
← 勵
[U+F97F] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 女 →
[U+F981]

Translingual

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Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

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

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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trad. 呂
simp. 吕*
alternative forms 膂 spine
膐 spine

Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形) of two vertebrae. The character was later borrowed phonetically to mean "I; give" and modified and stylized into 予.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ra-t (“bone”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lū/lǐr/lī/līr - vernacular;
  • lú/lír/lí - literary.
Note:
  • 3li - vernacular;
  • 3ly - literary.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 呂
    Mandarin Beijing /ly²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ly²¹³/
    Tianjin /luei¹³/
    /ly¹³/
    Jinan /ly⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /ly⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ly⁵³/
    Xi'an /ly⁵³/
    Xining /l̩ʷ⁵³/
    Yinchuan /ly⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ly⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /ly⁵¹/
    Wuhan /y⁴²/
    Chengdu /ny⁵³/
    Guiyang /ni⁴²/
    Kunming /luei⁵³/
    Nanjing /ly²¹²/
    Hefei /zz̩ʷ²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /ly⁵³/
    Pingyao /luei⁵³/
    Hohhot /ly⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /ly²³/
    Suzhou /li³¹/
    Hangzhou /lz̩ʷ⁵³/
    Wenzhou /løy³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /ly³⁵/
    Tunxi /li³¹/
    Xiang Changsha /lei⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /nəi⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /li²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /li⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /li²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /løy²³/
    Nanning /ly²⁴/
    Hong Kong /løy¹³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /lu⁵³/
    /lu²²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ly³²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ly²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /lɯ³⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /li³¹/
    Rime
    Character 呂
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 魚 (22)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 力舉切
    Baxter ljoX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨʌX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/liɔX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/liɔX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lɨə̆X/
    Li
    Rong         		/liɔX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭoX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/li̯woX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lǚ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		leoi5
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 呂
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		lǚ
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ljoX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[r]aʔ/
    English spine; pitch-pipe

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 呂
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8579
    Phonetic
    component         		呂
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		吕
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ɡ·raʔ/
    Notes 甲金文象鑄青銅器用的鋌塊，
    中不連，非膂初文

    Definitions

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    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
      呂布／吕布  ―  Lǚ Bù  ―  Lü Bu (Chinese military general and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty)

    Descendants

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    • → English: Lu, Lü, Lui, Lv, Lyu, Loo, Luy, Lou, Lew

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    呂

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. spine
    2. backbone

    Readings

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    • 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)

    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    呂
    せぼね
    Grade: S
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 呂 – see the following entry.
    【背骨せぼね】
    [noun] [from late 1100s] backbone (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
    (This term, 呂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    呂
    りょ
    Grade: S
    kan'on

    Proper noun

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    呂(りょ) • (Ryo) 

    1. An orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 呂 / 吕 (lǚ), Lu

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    呂 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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

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