呂

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

• 侶, 𠴊, 𡋿, 㛎, 𢙲, 𤞪, 𨹬, 𨓐, 梠, 𣨕, 𥆻, 𥓅, 𥺓, 絽, 𠒦, 躳, 𡳎, 鋁, 𤀗, 𥖓
• 𠭤, 𥖕, 𤳧, 𡄀, 宮, 𡱶, 莒, 営, 筥, 營, 麿, 閭

• ろ
• ロ

• 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

• Unihan data for U+F980

Ji Xusheng (2014): Pictogram (象形): two blocks of metal. Original form of 鋁 (“ingot”). Later incorporated into 金 (“metal”) as a semantic component.

Shuowen interprets it as a pictogram of two vertebrae. However, the two blocks were originally disconnected, and the connecting line was only added in the seal script.

Later phonetically borrowed as an instance of jiajie (假借) to represent 膂 (OC *ɡ·raʔ, “spine”) and 呂 (OC *ɡ·raʔ, “music notes”). The character was later also borrowed and stylized for 予 (OC *la, *laʔ, “I; give”).

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

呂

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, anatomy) spine
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, 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)

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

(Jōyō kanji)

1. spine
2. backbone

• Go-on: ろ (ro, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: りょ (ryo)^{←りよ (ryo, historical)}
• Kun: せぼね (sebone, 呂)
• Nanori: おと (oto)、とも (tomo)、なが (naga)

From Middle Chinese 呂 (MC ljoX).

• (Tokyo) りょ [ryóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞]

呂(りょ) • (ryo) ^{←りよ (ryo)?}

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呂(りょ) • (Ryo) ^{←りよ (Ryo)?}

1. an orthographic borrowing of the Chinese surname 呂 / 吕 (lǚ), Lü

呂 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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

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