Leebo
at 2020-07-01 22:19:37 UTC
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https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/41713/whats-the-etymology-of-風呂?r=SearchResults
So there are theories that incorporate 風 in the etymology, but I imagine that 呂 is mostly there for phonetic reasons. Are you familiar with the idea of ateji?
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What do the kanji in this word mean?
I notice that the kanji for bathtub includes the kanji for wind 風, how is that related to a bathtub?