懂中文 Dong Chinese

缕

lǚ

thread

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縷.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

娄 sound component

娄  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

缕 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
缕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
缕 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
缕 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
缕 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

缕 (縷) 

lǚ

thread; detailed, precise; strand; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

Most common words with 缕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

缕

strand

千丝万缕

linked in countless ways

条分缕析

to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)

不绝如缕

hanging by a thread

筚路蓝缕

the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)