Where 旅 comes from
A man 方 traveling with a pack 氏 on his back
How to write 旅 (lǚ, “trip”)
旅 (lǚ), an HSK 2 character, means “trip”, “travel” and “to travel”. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. Among the HSK words it appears in 旅游 (“trip”), 旅客 (“traveler”) and 旅馆 (“hotel”). Japanese reads it ryo, “trip”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- lǚ
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 方 (“square”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
As a left-right character it splits into 方 (“square”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 氏 (“family name”), strokes 7–10, written the left part first.
- top leftdown and right
- leftrightwards
- leftrightwards → downwards → up and left
- leftdown and left
- topdown and right → down and left
- toprightwards
- top rightdownwards → down and left
- centerdownwards → up and right
- rightdown and right → down and left
- centerdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (10 strokes in Japanese, 10 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| lǚ third tone | trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army) | — | 旅游 旅客 旅馆 旅行 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 2
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 60 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 旅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旅游 旅遊 | lǚyóu | trip; journey HSK 2 |
| 旅客 | lǚkè | traveler; tourist HSK 4 |
| 旅馆 旅館 | lǚguǎn | hotel HSK 4 |
| 旅行 | lǚxíng | to travel; journey HSK 4 |
| 旅行社 | lǚxíngshè | travel agency HSK 5 |
| 旅程 | lǚchéng | journey; trip HSK 6 |
| 旅途 | lǚtú | journey; trip HSK 6 |
| 商旅 | shānglǚ | businessmen and travelers; traveling merchant |
| 文旅 | wénlǚ | cultural tourism |
| 休旅车 休旅車 | xiūlǚchē | sport utility vehicle (SUV) |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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