Onyomi: ルイ, レイ · Kunyomi: なみだ · Meanings: sympathy, tears
Kanji for sympathy, tears
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涙 is formed from the water radical 氵 on the left and the character 目 on the right. 氵 represents water, while 目 represents the eye. Together, they show water coming from the eyes. From this structure, 涙 came to mean tears.
涙 shows water coming from the eyes, meaning tears.
Think of water (氵) flowing from your eyes (目). That flowing water is 涙 — tears.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 涙 | なみだ | tear, tears, lachrymal secretion | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 涙ぐむ | なみだぐむ | to have tears in one's eyes, to be moved to tears | Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 涙ぐましい | なみだぐましい | touching, moving, painful | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 涙腺 | るいせん | tear gland, lacrimal gland | Noun |
| 涙する | なみだする | to cry, to shed tears | Suru verb - included, Intransitive verb |
| 涙混じり | なみだまじり | (doing something) in tears | Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 涙もろい | なみだもろい | easily moved to tears, given to weeping, lachrymose | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 涙目 | なみだめ | teary eyes | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 涙ながら | なみだながら | while crying, tearfully, in tears | Adverb (fukushi) |
| 涙声 | なみだごえ | tearful voice | Noun |