Kanji
瑠
N1
14 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2352
lapis lazuli
On'yomi (音読み)
ル、 リュウ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
浄瑠璃
じょうるり
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
瑠璃
るり
lapis lazuli
人形浄瑠璃
にんぎょうじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
大瑠璃草
オオルリソウ
hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum zeylanicum)
瑠璃繁縷
ルリハコベ
scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
赤花瑠璃繁縷
アカバナルリハコベ
scarlet pimpernel
瑠璃蜚蠊
るりごきぶり
Eucorydia yasumatsui (species of cockroach)
瑠璃瓦
るりがわら
blue-glazed roof tile
山瑠璃草
やまるりそう
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
瑠璃貝
るりがい
elongate janthina (Janthina globosa)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる
るりもはりもてらせばわかる
cream rises to the top; great talent will stand out anywhere
瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光る
るりもはりもてらせばひかる
cream rises to the top; great talent will stand out anywhere
瑠璃オーストラリア虫食い
るりオーストラリアむしくい
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren
浄瑠璃語り
じょうるりかたり
jōruri reciter