Kanji1 / 15
遺 kanji
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
イユイ
Kun readings
のこす
Words with 遺
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —遺灰ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation
- —遺臭scent (of an animal while hunting)
- —遺嘱dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)
- —遺残persistence; vestigial remnant
- —遺宝historical treasures
- —遺烈achievements of one's ancestors
- —遺範good example set by those who came before us
- —遺珠unknown literary masterpiece; lost pearl
- —遺言will
- —遺言will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
- —遺編posthumous writings
- —遺家族bereaved family
- —遺伝学(study of) genetics
- —遺伝性inheritable character; inheritable; hereditary; inherited
- —遺伝病hereditary (genetic) disease
- —遺伝法laws of heredity
- —遺留品article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
- —遺失者owner of a lost article
- —遺失品lost article
- —遺留分heir's distributive share