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The kanji 涙: meaning, readings and stroke order

涙

Meaning
tears
On reading
ルイ rui
Kun reading
なみだ namida
Strokes
10
Radical
水 water
Level
Level 7 · junior high school
Old form
淚

Stroke order

Stroke order of 涙, 10 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
nước mắt (lệ)
Japanese
なみだ。
Korean
눈물 (누·루)
Chinese
眼泪 (泪)

Readings, words and example sentences

ルイ rui · on reading · less common

なみだ namida · kun reading

Practise writing 涙 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 涙 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.