遺 — kanji meaning “bequeath”
遺
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
- Meanings
- bequeath, leave behind, reserve
- On'yomi
- イ (i)、ユイ (yui)
- Kun'yomi
- のこ.す
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #647 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- yí, wèi — Chinese character page
Words with 遺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遺産 | いさん isan | inheritance; bequest; legacy |
| 遺体 | いたい itai | (dead) body; corpse; remains |
| 遺跡 | いせき iseki | (archeological) remains; ruins; relics |
| 遺伝 | いでん iden | heredity; (genetic) inheritance |
| 遺伝子 | いでんし idenshi | gene |
| 遺言 | ゆいごん yuigon | will; testament; one's dying wish |
| 遺憾 | いかん ikan | regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable |
| 遺族 | いぞく izoku | bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased |
| 後遺症 | こういしょう kouishou | prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela |
| 遺骨 | いこつ ikotsu | cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes |
| 遺物 | いぶつ ibutsu | artifact; relic (of a past civilization); archaeological find |
| 遺棄 | いき iki | abandonment; desertion |
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