JLPT N1 · 7 strokes
Kanji 呂: "spine, backbone"
The kanji 呂 means "spine, backbone". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ロ, リョ in on'yomi and せぼね in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロリョ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
せぼね
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | spine, backbone |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2055 of 2,501 |
Common words with 呂
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 風呂bath; bathing; bathtub; bathroom · bathhouse; public bath
- お風呂bath
- お風呂に入るto take a bath; to have a bath · to take a shower
- 風呂場bathroom
- 風呂上がりjust out of the bath
- 露天風呂open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
- 風呂敷furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
- 呂律articulation
- 伊呂波traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary · fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
- 風呂から上がるto step out of the bath
- 呂bass range (in Japanese music) · six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
- 風呂敷包みsomething wrapped in a furoshiki
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