Jisho

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蕉

15 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 杰 隹
banana, plantain
On:
ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2033 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蕉風 【ショウフウ】 correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)
  • 蕉門 【ショウモン】 disciple of Basho
  • 蓬莱蕉 【ホウライショウ】 Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), split-leaf philodendron, cerimen, Mexican breadfruit, fruit salad plant
  • 香蕉 【コウショウ】 banana

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1, qiao2
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • plátano
  • banana

Portuguese

French

4048 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2994 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2087 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31937X Morohashi
5191 New Nelson (John Haig)
2367 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2453 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
1-30-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8549 Unicode hex code

虱

8 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
乙 一 ノ 虫
Variants:
蝨
lice, vermin
Kun:
しらみ
On:
シツ

Speed

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Kun reading compounds

  • 虱 【しらみ】 louse (esp. a sucking louse), lice
  • 虱だらけ 【しらみだらけ】 lousy, lice-ridden, covered in lice

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
seul

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4116 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32812 Morohashi
5276 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-7 SKIP code
1711.0 Four corner code
1-73-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8671 Unicode hex code

蚤

10 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
又 虫
flea
Kun:
のみ、 はやい
On:
ソウ

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 蚤 【のみ】 flea
  • ノミ取り 【ノミとり】 flea powder, flea medicine, flea medication, getting rid of fleas, killing fleas
  • 猫蚤 【ねこのみ】 cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)
  • 砂蚤 【すなのみ】 chigoe, sand flea, chigger (Tunga penetrans)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32893 Morohashi
5287 New Nelson (John Haig)
2681 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2721 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
1713.6 Four corner code
7713.6 Four corner code
1-39-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86a4 Unicode hex code

蛤

12 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
一 个 口 虫
clam
Kun:
はまぐり
On:
コウ

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 蛤 【はまぐり】 common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
  • 蛤御門の変 【はまぐりごもんのへん】 Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
  • 焼き蛤 【やきはまぐり】 grilled clam, baked clam
  • 支那蛤 【しなはまぐり】 Meretrix petechialis (species of hard clam)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ha2, ge2
Korean:
hab

Spanish

  • almeja

Portuguese

French

4136 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1649 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33023 Morohashi
5312 New Nelson (John Haig)
2695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2734 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
5816.1 Four corner code
1-40-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86e4 Unicode hex code

蜘

14 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
口 矢 虫 乞
spider
Kun:
くも
On:
チ

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蜘蛛 【クモ】 spider

Kun reading compounds

  • 蜘蛛 【くも】 spider
  • くも貝 【くもがい】 spider conch (Lambis lambis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4158 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33134 Morohashi
5342 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
5610.0 Four corner code
1-35-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8718 Unicode hex code

蝉

15 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
十 尚 田 虫
cicada
Kun:
せみ
On:
セン、 ゼン

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蝉声 【センセイ】 cicada singing
  • 秋蝉 【アキゼミ】 cicadas that sing when autumn comes
  • 寒蝉 【カンゼミ】 cicadas which sing in late autumn
  • 寒蝉 【カンゼミ】 cicadas which sing in late autumn

Kun reading compounds

  • 蝉 【せみ】 cicada, locust, small-sized pulley
  • 蝉海老 【せみえび】 blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
  • 空蝉 【うつせみ】 one's present existence, this mortal frame, this world, this life, temporal things, cast-off cicada shell, cicada
  • 秋の蝉 【あきのせみ】 cicadas that sing when autumn comes, cicadas that sing even in autumn

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chan2
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • cigarra

Portuguese

French

4190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
33616 Morohashi
5349 New Nelson (John Haig)
2692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2731 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
1-6-12 SKIP code
5615.6 Four corner code
1-32-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8749 Unicode hex code

袂

9 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
ユ 二 人 大 初
sleeve, foot (of hill), edge
Kun:
たまと、 たもと
On:
ベイ、 ケツ

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 分袂 【ブンベイ】 parting (from someone)
  • 連袂 【レンベイ】 doing in unison, doing together, doing en masse

Kun reading compounds

  • 袂 【たもと】 sleeve (esp. of a kimono), pocket of sleeve, vicinity (esp. of a bridge), foot of a mountain, base of a mountain
  • 袂糞 【たもとくそ】 dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei4
Korean:
mye

Spanish

  • manga
  • pié (montaña)

Portuguese

French

4216 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
34154 Morohashi
5426 New Nelson (John Haig)
5e4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
3523.7 Four corner code
1-74-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8882 Unicode hex code

雉

13 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
矢 隹 乞
pheasant
Kun:
きじ
On:
ジ、 チ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 高麗雉 【コウライキジ】 common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant
  • 白雉 【ハクチ】 Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雉 【きじ】 green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor), Japanese pheasant
  • キジ科 【キジか】 Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)
  • 高麗雉 【こうらいきじ】 common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), ring-necked pheasant

Readings

Japanese names:
き
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
chi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3173 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1911 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41987 Morohashi
6504 New Nelson (John Haig)
2584 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2630 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8c5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
8041.4 Four corner code
1-80-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c9 Unicode hex code

鞋

15 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide 革
Parts:
土 革
Variants:
鞵
straw sandals
Kun:
わらじ、 くつ
On:
アイ、 カイ

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Kun reading compounds

  • 靴 【くつ】 shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2
Korean:
hye, hae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5096 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
42813 Morohashi
6584 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k12.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-6 SKIP code
4451.4 Four corner code
1-80-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
978b Unicode hex code

鞍

15 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide 革
Parts:
女 宀 革
saddle
Kun:
くら
On:
アン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鞍馬 【アンバ】 pommel horse, side horse, saddled horse
  • 鞍橋 【クラボネ】 saddle tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 鞍 【くら】 saddle
  • 鞍掛海豹 【くらかけあざらし】 ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)
  • 馬鞍 【うまくら】 saddle
  • 唐鞍 【からくら】 Chinese-style ritual saddle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an1
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • silla de montar

Portuguese

French

5098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2543 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2255 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1595 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42815 Morohashi
6586 New Nelson (John Haig)
2782 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2803 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k12.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-6 SKIP code
4354.4 Four corner code
1-16-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
978d Unicode hex code

鴈

15 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
化 厂 杰 鳥
Variants:
雁 鳫
wild goose
Kun:
かり、 かりがね
On:
ガン
2128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 雁 【ガン】 wild goose, glans, head of a penis

Kun reading compounds

  • 雁 【がん】 wild goose, glans, head of a penis

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4
Korean:
an

Spanish

Portuguese

French

836 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3750 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46734 Morohashi
6940 New Nelson (John Haig)
2p10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-13 SKIP code
7122.7 Four corner code
1-82-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d08 Unicode hex code

鴬

16 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
冖 尚 杰 鳥
Variants:
鶯
nightingale, bush warbler
Kun:
うぐいす
On:
オウ

Speed

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鶯 【うぐいす】 Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone), Japanese nightingale, greenish brown, beautiful voice, woman with a beautiful voice
  • うぐいす色 【うぐいすいろ】 olive green, greenish brown
  • 初鴬 【はつうぐいす】 first Japanese bush warbler to chirp this year (i.e. spring)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
aeng

Spanish

Portuguese

French

6945 New Nelson (John Haig)
2907 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2916 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11b10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-11 SKIP code
9932.7 Four corner code
1-18-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d2c Unicode hex code

龍

16 strokes
Radical:
dragon 龍
Parts:
月 立
Variants:
竜 龒
dragon, imperial
Kun:
たつ
On:
リュウ、 リョウ、 ロウ
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
1734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 応竜 【オウリュウ】 Yinglong, dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
  • 竜 【リュウ】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜駕 【リョウガ】 imperial carriage
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 蛟竜 【コウリョウ】 mizuchi, aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath, unfulfilled genius, dormant talent

Kun reading compounds

  • 竜 【りゅう】 dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon), naga, semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, promoted rook
  • 竜巻 【たつまき】 tornado, whirlwind, waterspout, twister

Readings

Japanese names:
りゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2
Korean:
ryong, rong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2265 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
48818 Morohashi
1801 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7103 New Nelson (John Haig)
2981 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2985 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5b5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-7 SKIP code
0121.1 Four corner code
1-46-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f8d Unicode hex code