# 例 example

(personleft) + 列 (row)
★★★★★
8 strokes

## Onyomi

REI | RAY SMUCKLES is an example of a def rapper.

## Mnemonic

| The Japanese army lined up Chinese people in a row and then bayonetted them to make an example of them. For more details of Japanese war crimes, get the incredible documentary RIBEN GUIZI (Japanese Devils) or the fictional but based-on-a-true-story Chinese film Men Behind The Sun.

## Kunyomi

たと＊えば | for example,~ ★★★★★

## Jukugo

例えば(たとえば) xxx | for example, xxxx ★★★★★
例外(れいがい) | exception ★★★☆☆ 例 (example) + 外 (outside) = 例外 (exception) an exception to a rule
例文(れいぶん) | an example sentence ★☆☆☆☆ 例 (example) + 文 (culture/ sentence) = 例文 (an example sentence)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
側 | side of something | PERSON | 人
測 | scientific measurment | WATER | 水
例 | example | ROW | 列
倒 | knock down | ARRIVE | 到

The PERSON stands beside some shit, but

we measure WATER in cups.

The entrance line of a football game is an example of people in a ROW.

When you ARRIVE, I'll knock you down.

## Synonyms

speaking hypothetically 例える 想像 仮に