例
例·example, instance, custom
- On-yomi
- レイ
- Kun-yomi
- たとえる
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 例えば | たとえば | for example |
| 例文 | れいぶん | example sentence |
| 例 | れい | an example, a case |
| 例外 | れいがい | exception |
Example sentences
例を一つ見せてください。
れいをひとつみせてください。
Please show me one example.
例えば、朝は電車がとても込みます。
たとえば、あさはでんしゃがとてもこみます。
For instance, the trains are very crowded in the morning.
その日だけは例外でした。
そのひだけはれいがいでした。
That one day was the exception.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 例えば as *れいえば — here the kun reading たとえ is used
- Writing 列えば for 例えば
Memory aid
Picture it
A person (亻) standing in a row (列) — you point at one out of the line-up as your example.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 例れいexample, instance, case; the usual
- 例えばたとえばfor example
- 例外れいがいexception
- 条例じょうれい(local) ordinance, regulations
- 例えるたとえるto compare (to), to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile
- 実例じつれいconcrete example, actual case, illustration
- 判例はんれいjudicial precedent
- 慣例かんれいcustom; established practice; precedent
- 前例ぜんれいprecedent; previous instance
- 比例ひれいproportion; proportional relationship
- 例えたとえexample; simile; metaphor; parable; comparison
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