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Grains Counter Rice 粒 リュウ つぶ Drop Tiny

Kanji
Onyomi リュウ
Kunyomi つぶ
English grains, drop, counter for tiny particles
Examples 粒(つぶ): (1) grain; bead; drop (2) counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1635
Components 米: rice; USA; metre
立: stand up; rise; set up; erect
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 119
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading こめ・こめへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword grains
Koohii Story 1 A sage is using rice to fill up a vase, but as an exercise in patience, he´s doing it grain by grain.
Koohii Story 2 There´s a contest...whoever guesses the number of grains of rice in a vase wins.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_food.drink

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