瑠 — kanji meaning “lapis lazuli”
瑠
lapis lazuli
- Meanings
- lapis lazuli
- On'yomi
- ル (ru)、リュウ (ryuu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- るり
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2352 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 96
- Chinese reading
- liú
Words with 瑠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瑠璃 | るり ruri | lapis lazuli |
| 浄瑠璃 | じょうるり joururi | jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater) |
| 瑠璃色 | るりいろ ruriiro | lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure |
| 瑠璃唐草 | るりからくさ rurikarakusa | nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes |
| 大瑠璃 | おおるり ooruri | blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) |
| 小瑠璃 | こるり koruri | Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane) |
| 吠瑠璃 | べいるり beiruri | beryl |
| 瑠璃鶲 | るりびたき ruribitaki | red-flanked bluetail (species of flycatcher, Tarsiger cyanurus) |
| 瑠璃鳥 | るりちょう rurichou | Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis) |
| 瑠璃鶇 | るりつぐみ ruritsugumi | eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) |
| 瑠璃立羽 | るりたては ruritateha | blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace) |
| 瑠璃羽太 | るりはた rurihata | gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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