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Kanji Detail for 涙 - "tear, to shed tears"

  • Meaning

    涙 means "tear, to shed tears."

    1. Tear - Teardrops from eyes.

    2. Weep - To cry; to shed tears.

    3. Cry - To sob; to lament.

  • Words using

    • 催涙 さいるい Listen tear-inducing
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    • Verified meaning: tear, to shed tears
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しずく, なみだ, るい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (しずく)Listen (なみだ)Listen (るい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tears; sympathy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tears; weep

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 淚|泪[lei4]
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • You cannot read this novel without crying.

  • She blinked to stop the tears.

  • She answered with tears.

  • I was moved to tears.

  • He tried to keep back his tears.

  • Tears came to my eyes.

  • She told the story with tears in her eyes.

  • Some students looked at her with tears in their eyes.

  • There was not a man but had tears in his eyes.

  • They shed tears at the news.

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