瑠
瑠 — Lapis lazuli
lapis lazuli
On’yomiル (ru)
On’yomiリュウ (ryuu)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 瑠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瑠璃 | るり ruri | lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl |
| 浄瑠璃 | じょうるり joururi | jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater) |
| 人形浄瑠璃 | にんぎょうじょうるり ningyoujoururi | Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) |
Study notes
瑠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2352 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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