阖闾城

Traditional form:

闔閭城

Pinyin (reading):

Hélüchéng

Definitions:

• 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

Traditional characters:

• 闔 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 閭 - a village of twenty-five families
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality