麗
lovely; beautiful; graceful; resplendent
19 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1758.
Readings
- レイ (on reading): 綺麗 (きれい) pretty; 華麗 (かれい) splendid
- うるわしい (kun reading): 麗しい (うるわしい) beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); 見目麗しい (みめうるわしい) good-looking
- うららか (kun reading): 麗らか (うららか) bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.)
- Read as a whole word: 高麗笛 (こまぶえ) Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
Components
- 一
- 一
- 鹿
- 一 radical one
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 广 radical house on a cliff
- 比 radical compare
- 鹿 radical deer
Kanji containing 麗
Words using 麗
- 綺麗 (きれい) pretty
- 華麗 (かれい) splendid
- 美麗 (びれい) beautiful
- 壮麗 (そうれい) magnificent
- 流麗 (りゅうれい) fluent
- 麗しい (うるわしい) beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.)
- 見目麗しい (みめうるわしい) good-looking
- ご機嫌麗しい (ごきげんうるわしい) in good humor
- 麗しの (うるわしの) beautiful
- ご機嫌麗しゅう (ごきげんうるわしゅう) you're looking well
- 麗らか (うららか) bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.)
- 高麗笛 (こまぶえ) Korean flute (horizontal bamboo flute with six holes; highest-pitched flute used in gagaku)
- 高麗人 (こうらいじん) Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union)
- 高麗人参 (こうらいにんじん) Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
- 高麗 (こうらい) Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE)
- 高麗楽 (こまがく) old Japanese court music from the Nara period
- 高麗航空 (こうらいこうくう) Air Koryo
63 words in all.