泪

See also: 淚

泪 U+6CEA, 泪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CEA ← 泩 [U+6CE9] CJK Unified Ideographs 泫 → [U+6CEB]

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

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

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 泪

泪

(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)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
泪
なみだ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 泪 – see the following entry.

【涙なみだ】S [noun] tear, teardrop [verb] to cry, to weep Alternative spelling 涕

(This term, 泪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)