Translingual

Han character

涙 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈尸大 (EISK) or 水一尸大 (EMSK), composition ⿰氵戻)

1. tears
2. weep

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 627, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17573
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1634, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6D99

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 淚)

1. tears

Readings

• On: るい (rui), れい (rei)
• Kun: なみだ (namida)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠mida̠]

Noun

涙 ‎(hiragana なみだ, romaji namida)

1. tears

Etymology 2

namuda > namda > nanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nanda/

Noun

涙 ‎(hiragana なんだ, romaji nanda, historical hiragana なむだ)

1. tears
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 3 (back))

     涙 ナムタ

See also

• 泣 (な)く ‎(naku): "to cry"

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 978-4-7629-3099-7, published 1979.

Korean

Hanja

涙 • ‎(ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, revised ru>nu, McCune-Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

涙 ‎(Pinyin lèi (lei4), Wade-Giles lei⁴)

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