阖庐

Traditional form:

闔廬

Pinyin (reading):

Hé Lú

Definitions:

• King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC)
• also called 闔閭／阖闾

Characters:

• 阖 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 庐 - hut, cottage; the name of a mountain

Traditional characters:

• 闔 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 廬 - hut, cottage; the name of a mountain