Components

瑠 means 'lapis lazuli'

Animation / stroke order not available.
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 14    Frequency: 2280   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-43    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 25 words   Used in 849 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ル
On    リュウ
Name    るり
  
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 瑠 - click the badge to download
Find out why can represent glass, as well as the mineral lapis lazuli and the bright blue color of that stone. Using people convey the blueness of everything from our planet as seen from space to the hue of flowers, birds, butterflies, and one kind of cockroach! Lapis is even the color of courage! Also learn about the performing art known as joruri, and see how it relates to puppet theater.
The essay is also included in the following Thematic Bundles
02
I’ve Got the Blues
紺 紫 藍 瑠
A deep dive into dyeing gives you the blues in the best of ways, also illuminating the clothing of commoners versus that of the elites and priests. Speaking of priests, three of the essays connect to Buddhism. More unexpectedly, sea creatures, achievement medals, the colors of the rainbow, birds, gems, and vegetables all prove to be common ground. See which color the Japanese associate with uniforms and which one they think of when seeing soy sauce and cigarette smoke.
⿰   king   detain  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
LOG IN to view your flashcards
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 瑠 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 瑠 is used 22 times, read 1 way.
Showing:
ル : 22 words FIND ALL
0
noun
type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with the Japanese puppet theatre)
(click the word for examples and links)
An additional 3 less common words include 瑠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 2135  Key to Kanji:

Cascading kanji view

ル    lapis lazuli   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
hare   う sign of the hare   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
high-priced, lofty   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
side open box
seal
デン   た rice field   
オウ    king   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×