Keyword
pitchpipe
- a musical note
- surname
- Frequency
- #2518
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
lǚ
Mnemonic
Two mouths 口 in harmony
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
吕
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
吕布
Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord
吕宋岛
Luzon Island, north Philippines
吕蒙
Lü Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of Wu
吕不韦
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦国 (Qínguó), subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代 (Qíndài) Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政 (YíngZhèng), who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 (QínShǐhuáng)
吕洞宾
Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 (Bāxiān)
吕梁市
Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省 (ShānxīShěng)
萨尔布吕肯
Saarbrücken, capital of Saarland, Germany
吕贝克
Lübeck, Germany
吕氏春秋
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 诸子百家 (zhūzǐbǎijiā), compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 (Qíndài) Chancellor Lü Buwei 吕不韦 (LǚBùwéi)
律吕
tuning; temperament
吕岩
Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet