Japanese Word Entry

Kana:りょ
Romaji:ryo
Definitions:
  1. bass range (in Japanese music)

  2. six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

  3. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)


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Chinese characters used in this word

spine, backbone, surname, a musical note
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄩˇ (lǚ)
Cantonese: leoi5
Japanese: ロ (ro)、 リョ (ryo) / せぼね (sebone)
Korean: 려 (ryeo), 여 (yeo)
Vietnamese: lữ, lã
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