Kanji

麗

麗

lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

19 strokes

Radical

鹿部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

レイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うるわしい, うららか

Nanori (Name Reading)

あきら, かず, つぐ, つら, よし, より

Common Readings

レイ, うるわ…しい

Example sentences

綺麗 きれい
公園に綺麗な花がたくさん咲いています。

There are many beautiful flowers blooming in the park.

が が
星が綺麗に見える夜だ

It's a night when the stars are beautifully visible.

華麗 かれい
スケーターは華麗なジャンプを披露した。

The skater performed a magnificent jump.

踊る おどる
彼女はステージの上で華麗に踊った。

She danced brilliantly on the stage.

麗しい うるわしい
二人の間には麗しい友情が育まれている。

A beautiful friendship is being nurtured between the two.

奇麗 きれい
彼女はいつも奇麗な服装をしている。

She always wears clean and beautiful clothes.

綺麗事 きれいごと
綺麗事ばかり並べても、現実は変わらない。

No matter how many pretty words you say, reality won't change.

麗人 れいじん
彼女はまさに社交界の麗人として知られている。

She is known exactly as the beauty of the social world.

明眸皓歯 めいぼうこうし
彼女は明眸皓歯という言葉がぴったりの麗人だった。

She was a beautiful woman for whom the phrase 'bright eyes and white teeth' was perfectly suited.

Example Vocabulary

綺麗

きれい

beautiful; clean; pretty; tidy

華麗

かれい

magnificent; splendid; gorgeous

麗しい

うるわしい

beautiful; elegant; noble; lovely

奇麗

きれい

beautiful; clean; pure; neat

綺麗さっぱり

きれいさっぱり

見目麗しい

みめうるわしい

綺麗事

きれいごと

lip service; pretty words; superficiality

流麗

りゅうれい

美麗

びれい

麗人

れいじん

beautiful woman, beauty

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