例 Kanji – example
The Japanese kanji 例 can mean example, custom, usage, precedent.
Meaning and Readings
How is 例 read?
例 has the onyomi reading レイ and the kunyomi reading たとえる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as rei, tatoeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 例
These common Japanese words contain 例. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 異例（いれい） — exceptional, unusual, extraordinary, unprecedented, singular
- 一例（いちれい） — example, an instance
- 慣例（かんれい） — custom, practice, convention, precedent
- 月例（げつれい） — monthly
- 恒例（こうれい） — established practice, custom
- 事例（じれい） — example, precedent, case
- 実例（じつれい） — example, illustration, precedent
- 条例（じょうれい） — regulations, rules
- 先例（せんれい） — precedent
- 前例（ぜんれい） — precedent