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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.
RTK Index (new) 24

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

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