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涙 = 戻 + 水

涙 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tears”. It is built from 戻 (re-) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1163.

Keyword
tears
RTK frame
1163
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ルイ, レイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なみだ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
слезы
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
涙 tears

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 戻 re-
  2. 水 water

How to find 涙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “re-” + “water”. 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.