懂中文 Dong Chinese

縷

lǚ

thread

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

婁 sound component

婁  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

縷 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
縷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
縷 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
縷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

缕 (縷) 

lǚ

thread; detailed, precise; strand; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)

Most common words with 縷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

缕

strand

千丝万缕

linked in countless ways

条分缕析

to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)

不绝如缕

hanging by a thread

筚路蓝缕

the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)