蕾 — Chinese character
蕾
lěi
flower bud
- Pinyin
- lěi
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 艹 雷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 雷
- Japanese
- 蕾 as a kanji
Common words with 蕾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蕾丝 (蕾絲) | lěi sī | (textiles) (loanword) lace |
| 芭蕾 | bā lěi | ballet (loanword) |
| 芭蕾舞 | bā lěi wǔ | ballet (loanword) |
| 味蕾 | wèi lěi | taste bud(s) |
| 花蕾 | huā lěi | bud; flower bud |
| 蓓蕾 | bèi lěi | flower bud; young flower still tightly rolled up |
| 舒芙蕾 | shū fú lěi | (loanword) soufflé |
| 欧蕾 (歐蕾) | ōu lěi | (loanword) au lait; with milk |
| 卡纳蕾 (卡納蕾) | kǎ nà lěi | canelé (a French pastry) (loanword) |
| 埃蕾 | āi lěi | centaury herb with flowers (TCM); Herba Centaurii altaici cum flore |
| 性蕾期 | xìng lěi qī | phallic stage (psychology) |
| 水上芭蕾 | shuǐ shàng bā lěi | synchronized swimming |
English words written with 蕾
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.