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Kanji Detail for 粒 - "grain, to eat grains"

粒

  • Meaning

    粒 means "grain, to eat grains." Also associated with granule.

    1. Grain - Rice grain; grain of cereals.

    2. Granule - Small, round things like rice grains.

    3. To eat grains - To consume cereals.

    4. Counter - A counter for grain-shaped things.

  • Words using 粒

    • 粒子 りゅうし Listen particle; grain
    • 大粒 おおつぶ Listen large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

  • Four-character idioms with 粒

    • 一粒万倍 いちりゅうまんばい Listen a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves

  • Tattoo check: 粒

    • Verified meaning: grain, to eat grains
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つぶさき)
    • Also carries these associations: granule

    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 粒

    Surnames 粒(つぶさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    grains; drop; counter for tiny particles

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    grain; small particle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    grain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc); (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    grain, granule; bullet, pellet

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

    A grain of rice. All small things, one piece is called one 粒.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryuu(リュウ) リュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsu.bu(つぶ) つぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    米 (kome・komehen)

  • Related Keywords

    grain granule to eat grains counter counting particle small piece bead crumb dot fleck kernel morsel pellet seed

Sentences including 粒

  • Snow fell in large flakes.

  • They are picked soldiers.

  • You have some rice on your face.

  • My specialty is particle physics.

  • An electron is an elementary particle.

  • You have grains of rice stuck around your mouth.

  • A big tear rolled down my cheek.

  • Tears rolled down her cheeks.

  • Waste not a single grain of rice!

  • Red currants are smaller than strawberries.

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