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Kanji Detail for 麗 - "beautiful, fair"

麗

  • Meaning

    麗 means "beautiful, fair." Also associated with to line up.

    1. Beautiful - Lovely; gorgeous.

    2. Fair - Clear and calm weather; serene.

    3. To line up - To stand in a row.

    4. Pair - Matching; paired.

    5. To attach - To stick; to adhere.

    6. To catch - To get caught.

    7. Ancient country name - Goguryeo.

  • Words using 麗

    • 華麗 かれい Listen splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
    • 高麗 こうらい Listen Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Koryŏ
    • 綺麗 きれい Listen pretty; lovely; beautiful

  • Four-character idioms with 麗

    • 美辞麗句 びじれいく Listen flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
    • 容姿端麗 ようしたんれい Listen attractive face and figure
    • 眉目秀麗 びもくしゅうれい Listen handsome
    • 荘厳華麗 そうごんかれい Listen majestic and splendid

  • Tattoo check: 麗

    • Verified meaning: beautiful, fair
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, うらか, うらら, うるは)
    • Also carries these associations: to line up

    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 麗

    Given names 麗(あきら)Listen 麗(うらか)Listen 麗(うらら)Listen 麗(うるは)Listen 麗(うるわ)Listen 麗(うれい)Listen 麗(さやか)Listen 麗(みちる)Listen 麗(みやび)Listen 麗(り)Listen 麗(れい)Listen

    Surnames 麗(ふもと)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lovely; beautiful; graceful; resplendent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beautiful, magnificent, elegant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Korea

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beautiful, elegant, magnificent

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

    Beautiful. As in 綺麗 (gorgeous), 豔麗 (splendid) and the like. | To be attached. The Book of Changes says: "The sun and moon are attached to heaven. The hundred grains and plants are attached to earth." | 高麗. A country name. That is

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rei(レイ) レイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ura.raka(うら-らか) うら-らか

    uruwa.shii(うるわ-しい) うるわ-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鹿 (shika)

  • Related Keywords

    beautiful fair to line up attach hang match pair lovely graceful attractive charm elegance elegant enchanting exquisite gorgeous magnificent pretty splendid radiant

Sentences including 麗

  • Keep your hands clean.

  • The sky in the night is a very clean thing.

  • He keeps his room clean.

  • What lovely flowers these are !

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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