呂 – spine, backbone

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The kanji 呂 means spine, backbone. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロ、リョ (ro, ryo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is せぼね (sebone). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロ	ro
On’yomi	リョ	ryo
Kun’yomi	せぼね	sebone

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・ノ.

Words using 呂

お風呂おふろbath風呂敷ふろしきfuroshiki

Example sentences

私はほとんど毎日お風呂に入ります。

I take a bath almost every day.

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彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。

He took full advantage of the wrapper.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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