闾
lǘ

village of twenty-five families

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

榈

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

閭 village of twenty-five families Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

吕
吕 Sound component
lǚ pitchpipe

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangra
Unicodeliu

說文解字

里門也。从門呂聲。《周禮》：“五家爲比，五比爲閭。”閭，侶也，二十五家相羣侶也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)