Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2055 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: spine, backbone

Kunyomi: せぼね

Onyomi: リョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

蝋色漆 ロイロウルシ black lacquer

ロレツ articulation

タイリョ second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month

チュウリョ (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month

リョ bass range (in Japanese music), six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

リョセン Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

タイリョ second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month

チュウリョ (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month