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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

呂: spine, backbone

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 丿 is drawn in

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ロro · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 風呂ふろbath; bathing; bathtub
  • 風呂屋ふろやpublic bathhouse
  • 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

Also read リョ, せぼね, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

All 35

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read リョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
呂 spine · 丿
vs串 spit · 中
呂 has 丿 where 串 has 中.
In ChineseSimplified 吕 · traditional, as in Japanese · lǚ

Japan keeps the traditional form 呂; mainland China simplifies it to 吕.

Simplified
吕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
呂 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lǚ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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