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] (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] 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 Alternative spelling 灵

【麗】S	[proper noun] a female given name

【齢】S	[noun] instar

(This term, れい (rei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as れい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as れい.)

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