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
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
感涙
tears of being deeply moved
感涙に むせびました。
He was choked up with tears of joy.
なみだ namida · kun reading
涙
tears
うれしくて 涙が 出ました。
I was so happy that tears came.
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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.