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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

399 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: example, custom, usage, precedent

Kunyomi: たと.える

Onyomi: レイ

Composition: 亻 列

例

Radical

Radical: 人

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

例(れい)   instance, example, case

例題(れいだい)   example, exercise

例文(れいぶん)   model/example sentence

例外(れいがい)   exception

例年(れいねん)   every year, annually

実例(じつれい)   example, illustration, instance

条例(じょうれい)   regulations, rules, laws

前例(ぜんれい)   precedence

恒例(こうれい)   established practice, custom

比例する(ひれいする)   be proportional, correlate

例える(たとえる)   liken, use a simile

例えば(たとえば)   for example

Onyomi Examples

例 (レイ) example, instance, illustration, case, precedent, custom, habit, practice, usage

例会 (レイカイ) regular meeting

恒例 (コウレイ) established practice, custom

定例 (テイレイ) regular, ordinary (e.g. session of parliament), established usage, precedent, regular practice

Kunyomi Examples

例える (たとえる) to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor

例えるなら (たとえるなら) for example

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