Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

(れい)   instance, example, case

題(れいだい)   example, exercise

文(れいぶん)   model/example sentence

外(れいがい)   exception

年(れいねん)   every year, annually

(じつれい)   example, illustration, instance

(じょうれい)   regulations, rules, laws

(ぜんれい)   precedence

(こうれい)   established practice, custom

する(ひれいする)   be proportional, correlate

える(たとえる)   liken, use a simile

えば(たとえば)   for example

Onyomi Examples

レイ custom, practice, habit, usual, said, aforementioned, instance, example, case, illustration, usage, precedent

レイカイ regular meeting

コウレイ established practice, custom

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

えるなら たとえるなら for example