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涙 means 'tears'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1163   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-15    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 49    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 71 words   Used in 34 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ルイ
Kun
   なみだ tears
Variants
淚  
Notes
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Learn how tears well up, trickle, and stream in Japanese and how to say that you're moved to tears. Start complaining about your pittance of a salary, and find out how to say that you've overlooked an insult. See how money can blunt the pain of a breakup. Also learn about the tears associated with sparrows, mosquitoes, crocodiles, and devils, as well as with chopsticks and blood.
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Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  戻 return  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 涙 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 涙 is used 69 times, read 2 ways.
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ルイ : 31 words FIND ALL
か ん る い 0
noun
tears of gratitude
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なみだ : 38 words FIND ALL
な み だ 1
Most common form: 泪
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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An additional 2 less common words include 涙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1916  Joy o' Kanji : 1916  Key to Kanji: - 

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涙
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
戻
レイ   もどる to return   もどす to send back   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
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