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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