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麗

麗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 美しい。きれいである。
  2. 附着する。
  3. 二つ揃う。
  4. 棟木。
  5. 数。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。角を強調した鹿を象る。「うるわしい」を意味する漢語｛麗｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイJHS
Kun (native)
  • うるわ(しい)HS
  • うら(らか)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ま
  • よし
  • り
Other languages
  • 拼音li4
  • 拼音li2
  • 한글ryeo
  • 한글ri
  • Hán-ViệtLệ
  • Hán-ViệtLy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
鹿(しか)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9E97

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丽鹿

Words using this kanji

  • 麗人れいじん容姿の美しい女性。beautiful woman, beauty, belle
  • 麗質れいしつgenius, beauty, charm
  • 麗句れいく飾られた言葉。elegant phrase
  • 麗姿れいし麗しい姿。端麗な姿。beautiful figure
  • 麗容れいよう麗しい容姿。端麗な姿。beautiful shape or form
  • 麗筆れいひつbeautiful brushwork or writing
  • 麗日れいじつglorious spring day
  • 麗らうららbright (weather, mood, voice, etc.), clear, fine, beautiful
  • 麗々れいれいostentatious, gaudy, showy
  • 麗しいうるわしいうるわしいを参照。beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.), lovely, heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.), beautiful
  • 麗らかうららか「うららか」を参照bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.), clear, fine, beautiful
  • 麗景殿れいけいでんladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
  • 麗しのうるわしのbeautiful, lovely, heartwarming, beautiful
  • 麗々しいれいれいしいostentatious, gaudy, showy
  • 麗澤大学れいたくだいがくReitaku University

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-17
Four Corner
1121.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q16.5
Heisig
2158
Nelson
5381