膂 Stroke Order

膂 (lǚ) 1. Spine; backbone. - 脊梁骨: (jǐ liáng gǔ) Backbone: ~力 (tǐ lì) - physical strength. Additional Information: - 【本义】: The original meaning is spine or backbone. - 【造字法】: The character is a phono-semantic compound, derived from "肉" (meaning flesh) and "旅" (which provides the pronunciation). - Note: "膂" is a later character created to distinguish it from the surname "吕" (lǚ) and the musical term "黄钟大吕" (huáng zhōng dà lǚ). Examples: 1. 《说文》: The character "膂" in seal script is derived from "吕" with "肉" as its radical. 2. 《书·君牙》: Now I command you to take wing, to act as the thighs and the hips of the heart and backbone. 3. "And to have the heart and backbone internally, while outwardly holding the military power." — From the note in "文选" (Wénxuǎn) on Yu Liang's letter, interpreting "膂" as spine. - Note: "膂" is a later character created to distinguish it from the surname "吕" and the musical term "黄钟大吕". - Example: 如: 膂烈 (lǚ liè) - strong, resolute.