泪 — Chinese character
泪
lèi
tears; to cry, to weep
- Pinyin
- lèi
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 氵 目
- Formation
- ideographic — Water 氵 from the eyes 目
- Traditional
- 淚
- Japanese
- 泪 as a kanji
Common words with 泪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 泪水 (淚水) | lèi shuǐ | teardrop; tears |
| 流泪 (流淚) | liú lèi | to shed tears |
| 落泪 (落淚) | luò lèi | to shed tears; to weep |
| 催泪弹 (催淚彈) | cuī lèi dàn | tear bomb; tear-gas grenade |
| 含泪 (含淚) | hán lèi | tearful; tearfully |
| 血泪 (血淚) | xuè lèi | tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering); blood and tears |
| 热泪盈眶 (熱淚盈眶) | rè lèi yíng kuàng | eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved |
| 热泪 (熱淚) | rè lèi | hot tears |
| 泪流满面 (淚流滿面) | lèi liú mǎn miàn | cheeks streaming with tears (idiom) |
| 催泪 (催淚) | cuī lèi | to move to tears (of a story); tear-provoking (gas) |
| 泪光 (淚光) | lèi guāng | glistening teardrops |
English words written with 泪
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.