What does kanji 瑠 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 瑠 is lapis lazuli.

How is kanji 瑠 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 瑠 are ル, リュウ.

What is the main radical of kanji 瑠?

The main radical for kanji 瑠 is 玉.

What words use kanji 瑠?

Example words that use kanji 瑠 include 瑠璃オーストラリア虫食い, 瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る, 瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる, 瑠璃羽太.

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瑠

Meaning

Kanji 瑠

lapis lazuli

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み: ルリュウ
Nanori 名乗り: るり

Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #2352
Strokes: 14
Radical: 玉
Components: 刀 • 厶 • 王 • 田
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: 溜 • 榴 • 𠺕 • 遛 • 瘤 • 留 • 霤

Related vocabulary

Showing 20 common entries

Showing 20 of 27 entries that include this kanji.

瑠璃オーストラリア虫食い

るりオーストラリアむしくい

superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus)

瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る

るりもはりもてらせばひかる

cream rises to the top

瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる

るりもはりもてらせばわかる

cream rises to the top

瑠璃羽太

るりはた

gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)

瑠璃貝

るりがい

elongate janthina (Janthina globosa)

瑠璃瓦

るりがわら

blue-glazed roof tile

瑠璃懸巣

るりかけす

Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)

瑠璃色

るりいろ

lapis lazuli blue

瑠璃雀鯛

るりすずめだい

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)

瑠璃鳥

るりちょう

Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)

瑠璃唐草

るりからくさ

nemophila (Nemophila menziesii)

瑠璃木葉鳥

るりこのはどり

Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

瑠は瑠璃という宝石の名に使われる字だ。

This character is used in the name of the gemstone lapis lazuli.

古い本で瑠璃色の空を見た。

I saw a lapis-lazuli-blue sky in an old book.

その寺には瑠璃のように青い玉が飾られていた。

The temple displayed blue stones like lapis lazuli.

瑠璃の小箱は光を受けて美しく見えた。

The small lapis lazuli box looked beautiful in the light.

彼女の着物は瑠璃色に近い。

Her kimono is close to a lapis-lazuli blue.

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