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Spine 口 Mouth Head Body Mouth/Opening Bigger 呂

Kanji
Onyomi ロ、リョ
Kunyomi せぼね
Nanori とも, なが
English spine, backbone
Examples 風呂(ふろ): (1) bath; bathtub (2) bathroom; bathhouse (3) room for drying lacquerware (4) base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
風呂敷(ふろしき): wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
お風呂(おふろ): bath
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2055
Components 口: mouth
丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)
口: mouth
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword spine
Koohii Story 1 Spine connects head and body.
Koohii Story 2 The spine goes from one opening mouth/opening (mouth/face) to another mouth/opening (genitals). Just think of these openings being enlarged to represent the head and the body. The bottom is bigger because the body is bigger than the face.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_body_organ.torso

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