Kanji N2

粒: grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

粒 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning grains, drop, counter for tiny particles, written with 11 strokes. It is read リュウ (on) and つぶ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 粒 (つぶ, grain) and 粒子 (りゅうし, particle).

粒

Meanings

  • grains
  • drop
  • counter for tiny particles
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1635 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つぶ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 粒

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 粒つぶ

    grain; bead; drop

    JLPT N2
  • 粒子りゅうし

    particle; grain

  • 大粒おおつぶ

    large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.)

  • 素粒子そりゅうし

    elementary particle; particle

  • 米粒こめつぶ

    grain of rice

  • 粒状りゅうじょう

    granular; granulated

  • 小粒こつぶ

    small (of a grain or berry, etc.)

  • 微粒子びりゅうし

    corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.