阖闾

Traditional form:

闔閭

Pinyin (reading):

Hé Lü

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 阖 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 闾 - a village of twenty-five families

Traditional characters:

• 闔 - to close; whole, entire, all
• 閭 - a village of twenty-five families