spine, backbone
呂 centers on the spine or backbone as a central structural line. The meaning is anatomical and concrete, referring to the vertebral column.
呂 is a pictograph of two connected vertebrae, representing the spine. The modern form retains the image of stacked segments linked by a central line.
See the two 口 shapes as stacked vertebrae, with the diagonal stroke 丿 as the connecting spinal cord. Together they form the backbone.
For ロ, picture a row of vertebrae lined up like the letter 'R' and 'O' repeated: R-O, R-O — the 'ro' sound cues ロ while the stacked shapes echo the spine.
bath; bathing; bathtub; bathroom
bass range (in Japanese music)
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
Luzon (Philippines)
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
sound (of a sentence); euphony
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
cold bath; taking a cold bath
Turkish bath
morning bath
articulation
public bathhouse
steam bath
indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use
bath
to take a bath; to have a bath
public bathhouse
(taking) a bath
yuzu bath; hot citron bath