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Kanji Detail for 呂 - "musical scale"

呂

  • Meaning

    呂 means "musical scale." Also associated with country name, copper ingot.

    1. Musical scale - Musical tones; the six yin tones of the twelve-tone scale.

    2. Country name - Name of an ancient Zhou dynasty state.

    3. Copper ingot - A block of copper.

    4. Spine - The backbone.

  • Words using 呂

    • 風呂 ふろ Listen bath; bathing; bathtub
    • お風呂 おふろ Listen bath
    • 風呂場 ふろば Listen bathroom
    • 風呂屋 ふろや Listen public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
    • 風呂敷 ふろしき Listen furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
    • 露天風呂 ろてんぶろ Listen open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

  • Tattoo check: 呂

    • Verified meaning: musical scale
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おと, り, りょ, ろ)
    • Also carries these associations: country name, copper ingot

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 呂

    Surnames 呂(おと)Listen 呂(り)Listen 呂(りょ)Listen 呂(ろ)Listen 呂(ろい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spine; backbone

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    surname; a musical note

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lü

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    a musical note; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    律呂: See the character 律 for details. Yin pitch is called 呂. The six 呂 are: 大呂, 夾鐘, 中呂, 林鐘, 南呂, 應鐘.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ro(ロ) ロ

    ryo(リョ) リョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sebone(せぼね) せぼね

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    musical scale country name copper ingot backbone spine melody harmony rhythm pitch tone vertebra

Sentences including 呂

  • I take a bath every day.

  • It's time to take a bath.

  • He took a hot bath and turned on the tv.

  • She is in the bathroom.

  • Mother bathed the baby.

  • Did you take a bath?

  • I am taking a bath now.

  • How many times a week do you take a bath?

  • A hot bath and then bed.

  • When you feel tired , there is nothing like taking a bath.

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