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Kanji Detail for 莉 - "jasmine"

莉

  • Meaning

    莉 means "jasmine." Also associated with fragrant.

    1. Jasmine - Part of the word for jasmine flower.

    2. Fragrant - Sweet-smelling; aromatic.

  • Origin of 莉

    The grass crown 艹 over 利, which lends the reading ri. It exists almost entirely inside 茉莉 (matsuri), jasmine, and has become one of the most popular girls' name kanji of recent decades.

    How to remember it: A flower 艹 chosen for its sound — the ri of jasmine 茉莉.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 莉

    • Verified meaning: jasmine
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read まり, らい, り, れい)
    • Also carries these associations: fragrant

    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 莉

    Given names 莉(まり)Listen 莉(れい)Listen

    Surnames 莉(らい)Listen 莉(り)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    jasmine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    white jasmine

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]; used in the transliteration of female names

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    jasmine

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    茉莉 (jasmine). A flower name. See "茉" for details.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

    rei(レイ) レイ

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    jasmine fragrant beauty fragrance bloom blossom flower garden herb perfume plant scent aroma

Sentences including 莉

  • Lisa's birthday is in two months.

  • "How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."

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