涙 = 氵 + 戻

涙 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “tears”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 戻 (perverse).

Keyword: tears
Pinyin (Mandarin): lèi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: слезы
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 涙 tears

Decomposition

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氵 water
戻 perverse

How to find 涙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “perverse”. 涙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 涙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.