阖闾城遗址

Traditional form:

闔閭城遺址

Pinyin (reading):

Hé Lüchéngyízhǐ

Definitions:

• ruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu

Characters:

• 阖 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 闾 - a village of twenty-five families
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
• 遗 - to lose; a lost article
• 址 - location, site; the foundation of a house

Traditional characters:

• 闔 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 閭 - a village of twenty-five families
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
• 遺 - to lose; a lost article
• 址 - location, site; the foundation of a house