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麗

lovely
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingレイ
Kun readingうるわ.しい、うら.らか
JōyōGrade 8

Popular Usage

奇麗

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · ceiling (冖) · mediocre · deer · cave · antlers · compare (比)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2158

Compound words

綺麗きれい
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean
華麗かれい
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
高麗こうらい
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Koryŏ; Korea
美辞麗句びじれいく
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
佳麗かれい
beauty
秀麗しゅうれい
graceful
壮麗そうれい
magnificent
端麗たんれい
fine-looking
典麗てんれい
graceful
豊麗ほうれい
rich (design)
暉麗きれい
pretty
瑰麗かいれい
extraordinarily beautiful
口綺麗くちぎれい
elegant (speech)
高麗犬こまいぬ
(stone) guardian lion-dogs at a Shinto shrine
高麗雉こうらいきじ
common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
高麗鶯こうらいうぐいす
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
手綺麗てぎれい
neatly made
小綺麗こぎれい
neat
身綺麗みぎれい
neat (personal appearance)
麗しいうるわしい
beautiful
綺麗事きれいごと
whitewashing
絢爛華麗けんらんかれい
luxurious and gorgeous
高麗親睨こうらいおやにらみ
Coreoperca herzi (species of temperate perch)
綺麗ごときれいごと
whitewashing

Additional Examples

誰かにこの部屋を綺麗に掃除してもらいたい。
I would have somebody sweep this room clean.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 麗

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step