淚 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. なみだ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「戾」。「なみだ」を意味する漢語｛淚｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

tears, weep, cry

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ルイ
• レイ

Kun (native)

• なみだ

Other languages

• 拼音lei4 li4

infoBasics

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

水(みず)

JIS level

Level 3

Unicode

U+6DDA

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 唳One part differs
• 悷One part differs
• 捩One part differs
• 棙One part differs
• 綟One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 涙Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-8

Nelson

2578