The kanji 例: meaning, readings and stroke order

例

Meaning: example
On reading: レイ rei
Kun reading: たと（える） tatoeru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ví dụ (lệ)
Japanese: たとえ。れい。
Korean: 예, 보기 (례·예)
Chinese: 例子

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading

例れい文ぶん
example sentence
教科書の 例れい文ぶんを読みます。
I read the example sentences in the textbook.

たと（える） tatoeru · kun reading · less common

例たとえる
to compare (to something else)
山に 例たとえて 説明します。
I explain it by comparing it to a mountain.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.