例

example, custom, usage, precedent

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

レイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たと.える

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:399

Vocabulary

レイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
異例	イレイ	exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
一例	イチレイ	example; an instance
慣例	カンレイ	custom; practice; convention; precedent
月例	ゲツレイ	monthly
恒例	コウレイ	established practice; custom

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
例えば	たとえば	for example; for instance; e.g.
例	れい	example; instance; illustration; case; precedent; custom; habit; practice; usage
例え	たとえ	example; simile; metaphor; allegory; fable; parable
例える	たとえる	to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
反比例	はんぴれい	inverse proportion

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally

art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic

profit, advantage, benefit

consort, accompany, bring with, companion

egg, ovum, spawn, roe