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lapis lazuli
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingル、リュウ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lapis lazuli
  2. marine blueRtK
  1. lapis lazuli (color)
  2. beryl
  3. mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail)
  4. glass

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · detain · receipt · dagger (刀) · sword (刀) · rice field (田) · brains

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1528

Compound words

瑠璃るり
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
小瑠璃こるり
Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane)
浄瑠璃じょうるり
jōruri
大瑠璃おおるり
blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
瑠璃色るりいろ
lapis lazuli blue
瑠璃鶇るりつぐみ
eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)
瑠璃鶲るりびたき
red-flanked bluetail (species of flycatcher, Tarsiger cyanurus)
操浄瑠璃あやつりじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre
瑠璃唐草るりからくさ
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii)
人形浄瑠璃にんぎょうじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
操り浄瑠璃あやつりじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre
瑠璃虎の尾るりとらのお
beach speedwell
瑠璃木葉鳥るりこのはどり
Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)
瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光るるりもはりもてらせばひかる
cream rises to the top
瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かるるりもはりもてらせばわかる
cream rises to the top

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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