17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)

Kun'yomi
  • (flower) bud ②promising young person
On'yomi
  • ライ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つぼみ 92.9%
ライ 7.1%

Character Breakdown

bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)
つぼみ ライ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
thunder, lightning bolt
かみなり ライ いかずち (7th, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)

Common Words

(flower) bud ②promising young person
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References

Unicode hex code 857E
JIS X 0208 1-73-18
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4063
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5215
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3006
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2095
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32067X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k13.18
Four corner code 4460.3