侣
lǚ HSK7

companion

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

侶 companion Traditional

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

呂
呂 Sound component
pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraʔ
Unicodeliǔ

說文解字

徒侶也。从人呂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica