The kanji 麗: meaning, readings and stroke order

麗

Meaning: beautiful, lovely
On reading: レイ rei
Kun reading: うるわ（しい） uruwashii
Strokes: 19
Radical: 鹿 deer
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đẹp, lộng lẫy (lệ)
Japanese: うつくしい。うるわしい。
Korean: 곱다, 아름답다 (려·여)
Chinese: 美丽、秀丽 (丽)

Readings, words and example sentences

レイ rei · on reading

秀しゅう麗れい
graceful and beautiful
秀しゅう麗れいな山の姿が見えます。
We can see the beautiful shape of the mountain.

うるわ（しい） uruwashii · kun reading · less common

麗うるわしい
lovely, beautiful (elegant word)
麗うるわしい 音楽が流れます。
Lovely music is playing.

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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.