This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ルイ、たぐ.い
Romaji: rui, tagu.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sort, kind, variety, class, genus

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  181
Frequency:  678
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-9-9
Korean Reading:  ryu
Chinese Reading:  lei4
Unicode:  985e
JIS:  4E60

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1807
Nelson Index: 5138
New Nelson Index: 6647
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 9a9.1
Four Corner Index: 9148.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 602
Gakken Index: 680
Japanese Names Index: 2755
Daikanwanjiten Index: 43608P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0292
Remembering the kanji Index: 931
Busy People Index: 3.16
Kanji Way Index: 480
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1012
Kodansha Compact Index: 1896
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 632
Kanji in Context Index: 563
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1176
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1606
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 940
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1000
Essential Kanji Index: 493
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2275
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1061
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 534
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 636

Words

(るい)
kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family; similar example; parallel; the like
種類 (しゅるい)
variety; kind; type; category; counter for different sorts of things
人類 (じんるい)
mankind; humanity
鳥類 (ちょうるい)
birds
魚類 (ぎょるい)
fish; fishes
類い (たぐい)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
分類 (ぶんるい)
classification; categorization; sorting
類似 (るいじ)
resemblance; similarity; analogous; quasi; to resemble; to be similar; to be alike
書類 (しょるい)
documents; official papers
哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい)
mammal; mammalian
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