粒 grains, drop, counter for tiny particles 11 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 2 #1635 in newspapers Readings Onリュウ Kunつぶ In Chinese 粒 Words written with it 粒 つぶ grain N2 粒子 りゅうし particle 大粒 おおつぶ large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.) 素粒子 そりゅうし elementary particle 微粒子 びりゅうし corpuscle 小粒 こつぶ small (of a grain or berry, etc.) 米粒 こめつぶ grain of rice 粒状 りゅうじょう granular