Meaning of 呂(りょ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level

呂

Kana Reading

りょ

Romaji

ryo

Word Senses

• Parts of speech

  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  Meaning

  bass range (in Japanese music)

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

• Parts of speech

  Meaning

  Japanese seven-tone gagaku scaleimilar to Mixolydian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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Related Kanji

呂 JLPT 1

7 strokes

spine, backbone

On'Yomi: ロ, リョ

Kun'Yomi: せぼね

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