闾 meaning and stroke order

lǘ

A village of twenty-five families

Strokes9
Pinyinlǘ
ToneTone 2

How to write 闾, stroke by stroke

9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 闾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

lǘsecond tone (rising)
  1. gate of a village
  2. village

How 闾 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Gate.

门 gives the meaning and 吕 hints at the sound.

Radical: 门 (gate), shared by 47 characters on this site.

Characters that contain 闾

Learning 闾 makes these easier to recognize and write.

Questions about 闾

How many strokes are in 闾?

闾 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 闾 mean?

闾 (lǘ) means a village of twenty-five families.

How do you pronounce 闾?

闾 is pronounced lǘ, in the second tone (rising).

What is the radical of 闾?

The radical of 闾 is 门, which carries the idea of "gate". Dictionaries list 闾 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 闾?

The traditional form of 闾 is 閭. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 闾 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.