淚 (lèi)

Tears.

How 淚 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
淚
Simplified
泪

Components

  • 氵 water
  • 户 door/house
  • 犬 dog

Common words using 淚

流淚 liúlèi
to shed tears
眼淚 yǎnlèi
tears; crying; CL:滴[di1]
催淚 cuīlèi
to move to tears (of a story); tear-provoking (gas); lacrimogen
淚光 lèiguāng
glistening teardrops
淚水 lèishuǐ
teardrop; tears
淚流滿面 lèiliúmǎnmiàn
cheeks streaming with tears (idiom)
落淚 luòlèi
to shed tears; to weep
催淚彈 cuīlèidàn
tear bomb; tear-gas grenade
哭天抹淚 kūtiānmǒlèi
to wail and whine; piteous weeping
垂淚 chuílèi
to shed tears
掉淚 diàolèi
to shed tears
揮淚 huīlèi
to brush away a tear; to shed tears

淚 in a sentence

聽完這個感人的故事,大家都流下了眼淚。

Tīngwán zhège gǎnrén de gùshì, dàjiā dōu liúxià le yǎnlèi.

“After hearing this touching story, everyone shed tears.”

How common is 淚?

淚 is the 1,269th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.6% of all running text.

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