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Example
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingレイ
Kun readingたと.える
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 14

Verbs with «例»

例える比例する

Meanings

  1. exampleRtK
  2. custom
  3. usage
  4. precedent
  1. instance
  2. illustration
  3. case

Synonyms

ケース事例実例

Homonyms

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Same reading (れい)
零 · zero令 · command礼 · thanks霊 · soul

Popular Usage

例えば実例慣例

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
例
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · file · bones (骨) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · evening · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1046

Compound words

例えばたとえば
for example; for instance; e.g.
実例じつれい
example; illustration; precedent
慣例かんれい
custom; practice; convention; precedent
異例いれい
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
一例いちれい
example; an instance
月例げつれい
monthly
恒例こうれい
established practice; custom
事例じれい
example; precedent; case
条例じょうれい
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
先例せんれい
precedent
前例ぜんれい
precedent
通例つうれい
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally
定例ていれい
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
特例とくれい
special case; exception
判例はんれい
judicial precedent; leading case; prior case
比例ひれい
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
用例ようれい
example; illustration
例会れいかい
regular meeting
例外れいがい
exception
例題れいだい
example; exercise (for the reader)
例年れいねん
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
例文れいぶん
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
例えたとえ
example; simile; metaphor; allegory; fable
症例しょうれい
case

On Reading Examples

彼は父親の例にならっていった。れい
He followed in his father's footsteps.tatoeba
彼は今まで例がないほど優しい人だ。れい
He was as gentle a man as ever lived.tatoeba
特別の例について研究をしてみよう。れい
Let's study a specific example.tatoeba
頭韻の例を収集するために、シェークスピア・コンコーダンスを調べた。れい
We studied the Concordance to Shakespeare to accumulate examples of alliteration.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父親の例にならっていった。
He followed in his father's footsteps.tatoeba
彼は不思議な生物、例えばヘビのような生物が好きです。
He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.tatoeba
彼は前例のない機会をとらえた。
He seized on the unprecedented opportunity.tatoeba
彼は図を使って自説を例証した。
He illustrated his theory with diagrams.tatoeba
例えば新体道である。
For example, "Shintaido" (martial arts uniquely combined with some body movement) regards jujutsu as such.wiki
例えば、交通・生活行政。
Consider traffic and life policies as an example.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Example. 亻 (person) + 列 (row) — one person in a row of similar ones, one case among many.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 例

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