Kanji · first appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary
麗

麗 – lovely, beautiful, graceful

19 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1758 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 麗 means lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レイ (rei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うるわ.しい、うら.らか (uruwashii, uraraka). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 鹿 (no. 198).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiレイrei
Kun’yomiうるわ.しいuruwashii
Kun’yomiうら.らかuraraka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 198). Components: 一・鹿・比・冂・广.

Words using 麗

Kanji with the same radical

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