涙
tear; tears; sympathy
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1381.
Readings
- なみだ (kun reading): 涙 (なみだ) tear; 涙目 (なみだめ) teary eyes
- ルイ (on reading): 涙腺 (るいせん) tear gland; 感涙 (かんるい) tears (from being deeply moved)
- レイ (on reading)
Components
- 氵
- 戻
- 一 radical one
- 大 radical big
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 戸 radical door
Words using 涙
- 涙 (なみだ) tear
- 涙目 (なみだめ) teary eyes
- 涙ぐむ (なみだぐむ) to have tears in one's eyes
- 雀の涙 (すずめのなみだ) drop in the bucket
- 涙もろい (なみだもろい) easily moved to tears
- 涙腺 (るいせん) tear gland
- 感涙 (かんるい) tears (from being deeply moved)
- 血涙 (けつるい) bitter tears
- 催涙ガス (さいるいガス) tear gas
- 落涙 (らくるい) shedding tears
83 words in all.