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Reading

Kana: レイ
Romaji: rei
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dragonfly, moon moth

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-5
Korean Reading:  ryeong
Chinese Reading:  ling2
Unicode:  86c9
JIS:  6959

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4124
New Nelson Index: 5294
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d5.8
Four Corner Index: 5813.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32969
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0022

Words

蜻蛉 (とんぼ、とんぼう、せいれい、トンボ)
dragonfly; damselfly
とんぼ返り (とんぼがえり、トンボがえり)
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; round trip without an overnight stop; abrupt change of direction
麦藁蜻蛉 (むぎわらとんぼ)
dragonfly
赤とんぼ (あかとんぼ)
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
塩辛蜻蛉 (しおからとんぼ、シオカラトンボ)
Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
蜉蝣 (かげろう、ふゆう)
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life); dragonfly; damselfly
糸蜻蛉 (いととんぼ)
damselfly
竹とんぼ (たけとんぼ)
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
尻切れトンボ (しりきれトンボ、しりきれとんぼ)
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
極楽蜻蛉 (ごくらくとんぼ)
happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante
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