涙

涙 — tears, sympathy

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 10
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1381 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: るい rui

れい rei
Kun'yomi: なみだ namida

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 涙

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

涙なみだ tear JLPT N3