Kanji

粒

粒

grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

米部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

リュウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つぶ

Common Readings

リュウ, つぶ

Example sentences

粒 つぶ
粒の揃った真珠のネックレス。

A necklace of pearls of uniform size.

粒子 りゅうし
砂の粒子がとても細かい。

The sand particles are very fine.

土星 どせい
土星には、氷の粒子でできた巨大な環がある。

Saturn has giant rings made of ice particles.

大粒 おおつぶ
空から大粒の雪が降ってきた。

Large flakes of snow started falling from the sky.

こぼれ落ちる こぼれおちる
彼女の目から、大粒の涙がこぼれ落ちた。

Large tears spilled from her eyes.

一粒 ひとつぶ
この薬を一粒飲んでください。

Please take one pill of this medicine.

雨粒 あまつぶ
朝、窓に大きな雨粒が残っていた。

In the morning, large raindrops remained on the window.

米粒 こめつぶ
お茶碗に米粒が一つ残っている。

There is a single grain of rice left in the bowl.

Example Vocabulary

粒

つぶ

grain; bead; drop; (as counter) grains of

粒子

りゅうし

particle; grain

大粒

おおつぶ

large grain; large drop; large-sized

一粒

ひとつぶ

a single grain; a drop; a pill

雨粒

あまつぶ

raindrop

米粒

こめつぶ

grain of rice

豆粒

まめつぶ

砂粒

すなつぶ

小粒

こつぶ

ご飯粒

ごはんつぶ

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