Character: 呂
Modern (Beijing) reading: lǚ
Preclassic Old Chinese: rhaʔ
Classic Old Chinese: rhá
Western Han Chinese: rhá
Eastern Han Chinese: rhá
Early Postclassic Chinese: lhó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhó
Late Postclassic Chinese: lhó
Middle Chinese: lö́
English meaning : backbone; pitch-pipe [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) древн. позвоночник, см. 膂; 2) муз. минорные лады; 3) Люй (древнее княжество); 4) Люй (фамилия)
Comments: For *rh- cf. Xiamen lu6, Chaozhou lɨ4.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 1444
Karlgren code: 0076 a-c
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