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瑠 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「王」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「王」
On
ル・リュウる・りゅう · ru · ryū
Kun
—
Meaning
lapis lazuli

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Jade plus a phonetic element: used to write the name of the beautiful blue gem, lapis lazuli.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onルるru浄瑠璃じょうるり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 瑠璃るり

    lapis lazuli; deep blue

  • 浄瑠璃じょうるり

    jōruri puppet-theatre chanting

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

瑠璃(るり)色(いろ)の空(そら)がどこまでも広(ひろ)がる。

A deep blue sky stretches on and on.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

浄瑠璃瑠璃瑠浄clean璃glassy…玩toy wi…玖black…珈a jewe…玻crysta…珀amber弄toy wi…籠basket苙a pen…柳willow流flow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 王Map of reading ルAll maps

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