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淚 = 氵 + 戾

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

Keyword
tears
Pinyin (Mandarin)
lèi
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
слезы

Decomposition

ids

  1. 氵 water
  2. 戾 perverse

How to find 淚 without knowing its reading

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

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