Chinese Character Wiki

膂

lǚ

backbone

Components
旅 sound component

旅  Sound component

lǚ

  

trip

⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

flesh

Evolution

膂 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
膂 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
膂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
膂 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
膂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

膂  

lǚ

backbone, spinal column; backbone; strength

Most common words with 膂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

膂力

strength

膂

backbone

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6037th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8182

Shuowen

“呂，脊骨也。象形。昔太嶽為禹心呂之臣，故封呂侯。膂，篆文呂，从肉，从旅。”


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