漢字道KANJIDO

8 strokesRadical

7Elementary year 48 strokesRadical
On
レイ
Kun
たと(える)
Meaning
example, instance

Origin

ORIGIN

A phonetic-semantic character: the person radical 亻 combined with 列, which gives the sound; it means an example or instance.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

レイ例外・例年・用例
たとえる例える・例え・例えば

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 例文れいぶん

    example sentence

  • 例外れいがい

    exception

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

この漢字の例文を書きましょう。

Let's write an example sentence for this kanji.

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