Japanese symbol for “lebanon”

黎巴嫩

レバノン

Romaji: rebanon

Lebanon

In Japanese, lebanon is 黎巴嫩, read レバノン (rebanon).

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Meanings

n Lebanon

Kanji and stroke order

黎

dark, black, many

on: レイ、リ
kun: くろ.い

15 strokes · JLPT 1

巴

comma-design

on: ハ
kun: ともえ、うずまき

4 strokes · JLPT 1

嫩

young, weak

on: ドン、ノン
kun: わか.い

14 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
黎明	れいめい reimei	daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey)
黎明期	れいめいき reimeiki	dawn (of a new era, civilization, etc.); dawning
萌黎	ほうれい hourei	the masses; common people
黎族	リーぞく riizoku	Li (people)
黔黎	けんれい kenrei	commoners; peasantry; the masses
巴里	パリ pari	Paris (France)
三つ巴	みつどもえ mitsudomoe	(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle
巴格達	バグダッド bagudaddo	Baghdad (Iraq)
嫩芽	どんが donga	bud; sprout

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.