Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(surname)

Chinese: 姓氏,也指古代音律名。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “lü” becomes a different word in each tone. 吕 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 律吕lǜ lǚtuning; temperament
  • 吕布戟lǚ bù jǐsnake halberd

Example Sentence

吕同学的字写得很漂亮。Lǚ tóng xué de zì xiě de hěn piào liang.Classmate Lyu writes very beautiful characters.

(surname)同学tóng xuéto study at the same schoodeofletterxiěto write得很de hěn(after an adjective) very漂亮piào liangpretty