泪

See also: 淚

Translingual

Traditional	淚
Shinjitai	涙
Simplified	泪

Han character

泪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水月山 (EBU), four-corner 3610₀, composition ⿰氵目)

Derived characters

• 𣓭

Related characters

• 淚 (Traditional Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 618, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17318
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1583, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6CEA

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 氵 (“water”) + 目 (“eye”)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 泪 – see 淚 (“tear; teardrop; to weep; to cry”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 淚).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02239-001

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Japanese

Kanji

泪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 涙

Readings

• Go-on: るい (rui)^{←るい (rui, historical)←るゐ (rwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: るい (rui)^{←るい (rui, historical)←るゐ (rwi, ancient)}
• Tō-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: なみだ (namida, 泪)

Noun

泪(なみだ) • (namida) 

1. Alternative form of 涙: tears

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Vietnamese

Han character

泪: Hán Việt readings: lệ, lụy/luỵ

1. Alternative form of 淚