Hanja Analyzer
蕾

蕾 — roe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
꽃봉오리 뢰
Romanization
roe
English
buds, unopened flowers
Mandarin
lěi
Japanese on'yomi
ライ, レ
Japanese kun'yomi
つぼみ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
16
Radical
艸 (140, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
雷(뢰)
Unicode
U+857E

Parts that make up 蕾

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 雷 우레 뢰sound

Japanese words with 蕾

  • 蕾つぼみ (flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
  • 味蕾みらい taste bud
  • 蕾むつぼむ to bud; to be budding
  • 花蕾からい flower bud
  • 摘蕾てきらい removing extra buds (to promote the growth of those remaining); disbudding; fruit thinning
  • 蕾状期らいじょうき bud stage (tooth)

Characters sharing the phonetic 雷

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “뢰” in Korean.

礌

Other hanja read “뢰”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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