spine, backbone
On'yomi (音読み)
- ロ
- リョ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- せぼね
About this kanji
The kanji 呂, pronounced as "ro" or "ryo," primarily means "spine" or "backbone." It is mostly used in nouns rather than verbs. One common compound is 風呂 (ふろ), which means "bath" and can refer to a bathtub or a bathing place. Another example is 風呂屋 (ふろや), meaning "public bathhouse." Additionally, 風呂場 (ふろば) represents the bathroom, where one might take a bath. A usage note to keep in mind is that while 呂 can indicate a physical spine, in compounds, it often relates to the concept of bathing or water, reflecting cultural practices around cleanliness in Japan.
Example sentences
呂律が回らない。
My tongue is tied.
Meanings across languages
- English
- spine, backbone
- Tiếng Việt
- cột sống
- 日本語
- 脊椎
- 한국어
- 척추
- 中文
- 脊梁
- id
- tulang belakang
- th
- กระดูกสันหลัง
- es
- columna vertebral
- fr
- épine dorsale
- de
- Wirbelsäule
- pt
- coluna vertebral
Common compounds
- 風呂ふろbath, bathing, bathtub
- 伊呂波いろはtraditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary, fundamentals, the ABCs of ...
- 風呂屋ふろやpublic bathhouse, bathhouse proprietor
- 風呂場ふろばbathroom
- 風呂敷ふろしきfuroshiki, wrapping cloth, cloth wrapper
- お風呂おふろbath
- 露天風呂ろてんぶろopen-air bath, rotenburo, rotemburo
- 語呂ごろsound (of a sentence), euphony, wordplay
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