Chinese Character 呂 Meanings and components.

Form

呂

Meaning

呂 meaning[3] in English

Surname Lü.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 呂 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , 'dot' radical in … (丶) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RHR

How to write 呂

To write呂lv3surname Lü you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 丶 + 口 = 呂

呂 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 呂 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 呂, looks as follow:

呂
Pinyin:lv3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Lü
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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