Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
sound of jewels
On:
レイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 玲瓏 【レイロウ】 clear, translucent, brilliant, sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 白玲 【ハクレイ】 Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi)

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 あきら、 あき、 りょう、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • joya perfectamente clara
  • sonido de joyas
  • belleza límpida

Portuguese

French

2928 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1995 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
835 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20888 Morohashi
910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3626 New Nelson (John Haig)
2568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
1813.7 Four corner code
1-46-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
73b2 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sound
Parts:
sound, noise
Kun:
おと
On:
オンイン-ノン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 音 【オン】 sound, noise, (speech) sound, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
  • 音楽 【オンガク】 music
  • 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
  • 防音 【ボウオン】 soundproofing
  • 音信 【オンシン】 correspondence, news, letter, tidings
  • 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
  • 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
  • 唐音 【トウオン】 tō-on, Tang reading, on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

Kun reading compounds

  • 音 【おと】 sound, noise, (musical) note, fame
  • 音孔 【おとあな】 tone hole
  • 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
  • 風音 【かざおと】 sound of the wind
  • 音 【ね】 sound, tone, note, ring, chirp
  • 音色 【ねいろ】 tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre
  • 弱音 【よわね】 feeble complaint, whine
  • 高音 【こうおん】 high-pitched tone, soprano

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
eum

Spanish

  • sonido
  • ruido

Portuguese

  • som
  • barulho

French

  • son
  • bruit
50 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
33 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
6 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
402 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
206 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
274 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
962 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
347 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
347 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
620 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1879 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2570 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
490 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43265 Morohashi
2070 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6607 New Nelson (John Haig)
479 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
518 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
78 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
478 2001 Kanji
5b4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
0060.1 Four corner code
1-18-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97f3 Unicode hex code