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Zach

癩

Reading

Kana: ライ
Romaji: rai
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

leprosy

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  104
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  3-5-16
Korean Reading:  ra
Chinese Reading:  lai4
Unicode:  7669
JIS:  617A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3087
New Nelson Index: 3854
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5i16.1
Four Corner Index: 0018.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 22622
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.1209

Words

癩 (らい、かったい、かたい)
Hansen's disease; leprosy; leper
癩病 (らいびょう)
Hansen's disease; leprosy
癩菌 (らいきん)
Mycobacterium leprae; the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease (leprosy)
白癩 (しらはたけ、しらはだけ)
vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
救癩 (きゅうらい)
helping the lepers
癩病患者 (らいびょうかんじゃ)
leper
黒癩 (こくらい)
black leprosy
白癩 (びゃくらい)
white leprosy
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