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瑠 means 'lapis lazuli'

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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)
Common readings
On
   ル
Additional readings
On    リュウ
Name    るり
Variants
璢  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 瑠 - click the badge to download
Find out why
るり
瑠璃
can represent glass, as well as the mineral lapis lazuli and the bright blue color of that stone. Using
瑠璃
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.
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⿰  王 king  留 detain  
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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.
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noun
type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with the Japanese puppet theatre)
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An additional 3 less common words include 瑠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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瑠
ル    lapis lazuli   
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留
ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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卯
hare   う sign of the hare   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
田
デン   た rice field   
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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