Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

瑠: lapis lazuli

JLPT N114 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 留 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ルru · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 瑠璃るりlapis lazuli
  • 浄瑠璃じょうるりjōruri
  • 人形浄瑠璃にんぎょうじょうるりJapanese puppet theatre in which recited…

Also read リュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
More in the 王 jewelry story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

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Also read ル

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read リュウ

9 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 琉 · traditional, as in Japanese · liú

Japan keeps the traditional form 瑠; mainland China simplifies it to 琉.

Simplified
琉 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
瑠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin liú 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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