GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 47

吕

吕 is read as lǚ.

Pinyin

lǚ

Script forms

Simplified 吕 · Traditional 呂

Basic meaning

ancient state name; musical pitch pipe

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou Lü state / Jiang-surname tradition; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Lü state tradition, commonly associated with today's Nanyang area, Henan Province

Origin note

A major Lü surname tradition connects the surname with the Jiang-surname state of Lü and the wider Tai Gong / Lü Shang cultural layer. The place is usually associated with the Nanyang region of Henan. Descendants used the state name Lü as a surname.

Historical figures

吕不韦 (Lü Buwei)

died 235 BCE · Qin statesman

A major Warring States statesman associated with Qin politics and the Lüshi Chunqiu.

吕蒙 (Lü Meng)

178-220 CE · Eastern Wu general

A Three Kingdoms general remembered for the Jingzhou campaign against Guan Yu.

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