れい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of れい – see the following entries.

【例】4	[noun] a custom, usual practice, habit [noun] a precedent [noun] the aforementioned [noun] a case, an instance, an illustration, an example
【令】4	[noun] an order, command, decree [noun] (historical) in ancient China, a regional governor or magistrate [noun] (historical) in the early Meiji period, the forerunner of a 知事 (chiji, “prefectural governor”) [noun] (historical) in the Kamakura period, the vice-minister of the 政所 (mandokoro, “office of financial affairs”) [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] (rare, law, historical) an administrative and civil code developed during the Qin dynasty that was, alongside the 律 (ritsu), spread throughout East Asia especially Japan where it was further revised into the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system [affix] act, law, ordinance, rule [affix] law, ordinance, regulation [affix] (historical) high-ranking official or magistrate [affix] (obsolete) admonition, teaching [affix] (rare) beautiful, excellent, fine, good [affix] honorific prefix added before a term of kinship to show respect to someone else's relative [proper noun] a female given name
【礼】3	[noun] a bow, the gesture of bending at the waist [noun] an expression of thanks or gratitude
【鈴】S	[noun] a bell, chime [noun] (Buddhism) a singing bowl [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname
【零】S	[noun] zero [numeral] zero [proper noun] a male given name
【霊】S	[noun] ghost
【麗】S	[proper noun] a female given name
【齢】S	[noun] instar

(This term, れい, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as れい, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as れい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 冷, 隷.)

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