漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
涙: tears, sympathy
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 戻 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ルイrui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 涙腺るいせんtear gland
- 感涙かんるいtears of gratitude
- 催涙ガスさいるいガスtear gas
なみだnamida · kun'yomi · on its own
- 涙なみだtear
- 涙声なみだごえtearful voice
- 嬉し涙うれしなみだhappy tears, tears of joy
- 悔し涙くやしなみだtears of chagrin
- 涙ぐむなみだぐむbe moved to tears
- 涙ぐましいなみだぐましいtouching, pathetic
Also read レイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 (meaning) + 戾 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 淚 (rev. 87589616), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Water from the eyes = tears”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ルイ
3 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 泪 · traditional 淚 · lèi
Three different forms: Japanese 涙, simplified 泪, traditional 淚.
- Simplified
- 泪 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淚 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lèi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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