呂
呂 — Spine
spine, backbone
On’yomiロ (ro)
On’yomiリョ (ryo)
Kun’yomiせぼね (sebone)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 呂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 風呂 | ふろ furo | bath; bathing; bathtub |
| 風呂屋 | ふろや furoya | public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor |
| 風呂場 | ふろば furoba | bathroom |
| 風呂敷 | ふろしき furoshiki | furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper |
| 露天風呂 | ろてんぶろ rotenburo | open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo |
| お風呂 | おふろ ofuro | bath |
Study notes
呂 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2055 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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