淚

See also: 泪 and 涙

Translingual

shinjitai	涙
simplified	泪
traditional	淚

Han character

淚 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水竹尸大 (EHSK), X水竹尸大 (XEHSK), four-corner 3313₄, composition ⿰氵戾)

1. tears
2. weep, cry

References

• KangXi: page 630, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17644
• Dae Jaweon: page 1032, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1662, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6DDA

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Cantonese

Hanzi

淚 (simplified 泪, Jyutping leoi6, Yale leui6)

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Japanese

Kanji

淚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. tears
2. weep
3. cry

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. tear
2. weep
3. cry

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Mandarin

Hanzi

淚 (simplified 泪, Pinyin lèi (lei4), lì (li4), Wade-Giles lei⁴, li⁴)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

淚 (TLPA luī (lui⁷))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淚 (lệ, luỵ)

• same as lệ 泪

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Readings

• Nôm: lệ

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999