glass

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 璃 has 15 strokes, with a jade component on the left and 离, also seen in 離, on the right.
• Basic usage: 瑠璃 is read るり, and 瑠璃色 is read るりいろ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Character order and a color description
  • In 瑠璃, 璃 follows 瑠 and supplies the sound り.
  • The whole word here means lapis lazuli, rather than ordinary glass.
  • 瑠璃色の小さな器 is a small deep-blue bowl. With 色, the phrase describes its color without establishing that the bowl is made of lapis lazuli.