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

8 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
rain
Kun:
あめあま--さめ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雨水 【アマミズ】 rain water, "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
  • 雨季 【ウキ】 rainy season
  • 集中豪雨 【シュウチュウゴウウ】 local downpour, severe rain fall
  • 雷雨 【ライウ】 thunderstorm, thundershower

Kun reading compounds

  • 雨 【あめ】 rain, rainy day, rainy weather, the November suit (in hanafuda)
  • 雨降り 【あめふり】 rainfall, rainy weather, rainy, wet
  • 五月雨 【さみだれ】 early-summer rain
  • 強い雨 【つよいあめ】 heavy rain (specifically 20-29 mm per hour in JMA use)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • lluvia

Portuguese

  • chuva

French

  • pluie
42 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
69 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
3 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
655 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
114 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
97 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
759 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
30 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
232 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1858 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4378 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2983 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
429 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42210 Morohashi
3561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6518 New Nelson (John Haig)
422 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
451 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
76 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
8d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-17-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96e8 Unicode hex code