lu
/ˈlu/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names.
Example Sentences
- ""Why?" said Lucy in amazement, "haven't you all been wondering where I was?" "So you've been hiding, have you?" Peter said. "Poor old Lu, hiding and nobody noticed!"
- "Lu Yan [translating 呂巖 /吕岩] (A.D. 798–?), courtesy name Dongbin, literary name Chunyangzi. According to tradition, Luzu [translating 呂祖 /吕祖 (Lǚzǔ)] was from Jingzhao [translating 京兆 (Jīngzhào)] Prefecture, in which Changan, the Tang Dynasty (618–908) capital, was situated; however, he is also reputed to be from Hezhong [translating 河中 (Hézhōng)] Prefecture, the present-day Yongji [translating 永濟 /永济 (Yǒngjì)] District of Shanxi."
- "As editor-in-chief of the pro-communist Kuangming News (光明報), Lu He-ruo (呂赫若) became a wanted man after the newspaper was raided by the authorities in August 1949. While many of his friends were arrested and executed, he managed to elude capture by hiding in the mountains of today’s New Taipei City’s Shihding District (石碇). Lu never made it out of the mountains, and his death remained a mystery for decades."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 路, -, 呂, 魯
Usage
- Archaic
- Uncountable
- Countable
- British usage
- American usage