Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
tears, sympathy
Kun:
なみだ
On:
ルイレイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 涙液 【ルイエキ】 lacrimal fluid, tears
  • 涙活 【ルイカツ】 therapeutic crying for stress relief, having a good cry
  • 催涙 【サイルイ】 tear-inducing
  • 感涙 【カンルイ】 tears (from being deeply moved), tears of gratitude

Kun reading compounds

  • 涙 【なみだ】 tear, tears, lachrymal secretion, sympathy
  • 涙ぐましい 【なみだぐましい】 touching, moving, painful
  • 悔し涙 【くやしなみだ】 tears of regret, bitter tears, vexation, chagrin
  • 忝涙 【かたじけなみだ】 tears of gratitude

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei4
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • lágrima
  • compasión
  • consolación

Portuguese

  • lágrimas
  • simpatia

French

  • larme
  • compassion
1916 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1360 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2569 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1200 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
687 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1062 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1239 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1305 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1081 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1201 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
399 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1091 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17573P Morohashi
440 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3154 New Nelson (John Haig)
1082 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1163 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1361 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a7.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3313.4 Four corner code
1-46-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d99 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
mix, blend, confuse
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
824 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 混 【コン】 (traffic) congestion, heavy traffic
  • 混血 【コンケツ】 mixed race, mixed parentage
  • 麻混 【アサコン】 hemp blend, linen blend
  • 滾々 【コンコン】 copious (flowing)

Kun reading compounds

  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 混む 【こむ】 to be crowded, to be packed, to be congested, to be thronged (with)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hun3, hun2, hun4
Korean:
hon, gon

Spanish

  • mezclar
  • mezclarse
  • confundir
  • estar mezclado
  • agitar

Portuguese

  • misturar
  • mistura
  • confundir

French

  • mélanger
  • confusion
787 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
704 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
677 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
888 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2604 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
684 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
691 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
799 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
813 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
837 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1207 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
631 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
381 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
475 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
459 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17694 Morohashi
519 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3204 New Nelson (John Haig)
450 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
487 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
733 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
356 2001 Kanji
3a8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3611.1 Four corner code
1-26-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df7 Unicode hex code