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glassy

Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingリ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

glassy
lapis lazuli
crystalRtK

Radicals and components

Radical玉jade

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · sheik · top hat (亠) · villain · sheaf · shovel · belt · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1606

Compound words

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

浄玻璃じょうはり

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)

玻璃器はりき

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)

玻璃長石はりちょうせき

浄玻璃の鏡じょうはりのかがみ

mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds

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

15 strokes

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