15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

dark, black, many

Kun'yomi
  • くろ
On'yomi
  • レイ
Nanori

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

レイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

dark, black, many
レイ リ くろ.い (Kentei 1, N1)
millet
きび ショ (Kentei Pre-1)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ

Contained In

Common Words

daybreak ②dawn (of a new age)
dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 9ECE
JIS X 0208 1-83-53
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2648
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 7049
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3487
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1799
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2448
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2935
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2942
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2389
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 47994
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2282
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a10.29
Four corner code 2713.2