涙

See also 淚

Translingual

Han character

涙 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈尸大 (EISK), 水一尸大 (EMSK), composition ⿰氵戻)

1. tears
2. weep

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 627, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17573
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1634, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D99

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Japanese

Alternative forms

泪

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /namida/

Noun

涙 (hiragana なみだ, romaji namida)

1. tears

Etymology 2

namida > namda > nanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nanda/

Noun

涙 (hiragana なんだ, romaji nanda, historical hiragana なむだ)

1. tears
   • 1079: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 3 (back))

     涙 ナムタ

See also

• 泣く (なく, naku, “to cry”)

Kanji

涙 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: るい (rui), れい (rei)
• Kun: なみだ (namida)

References

• 1979 [1079], Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3099-7:

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Korean

Hanja

涙 (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune-Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

涙 (pinyin lèi (lei4), Wade-Giles lei⁴)