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筒

12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
一 冂 口 竹 乞
cylinder, pipe, tube, gun barrel, sleeve
Kun:
つつ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 筒状 【ツツジョウ】 cylindrical, tubular
  • 筒状花 【トウジョウカ】 tubular flower, disk floret
  • 円筒 【エントウ】 cylinder
  • 気筒 【キトウ】 cylinder

Kun reading compounds

  • 筒 【つつ】 pipe, tube, cylinder, gun barrel, gun, cannon, well lining, well curb
  • 筒井 【つつい】 round well
  • 銃の筒 【じゅうのつつ】 barrel of a gun
  • 紙筒 【かみづつ】 paper tube, cardboard tube

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong3
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • cilindro
  • tubo

Portuguese

  • cilindro
  • tubo
  • cano
  • cano de arma
  • manga

French

  • cylindre
  • tuyau
  • tube
  • canon (fusil)
  • manche
1655 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1567 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1125 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
796 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1818 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1472 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1569 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
373 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1480 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3323 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
953 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26004 Morohashi
2680 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4283 New Nelson (John Haig)
944 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1015 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1574 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2349 2001 Kanji
6f6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
3-8-4 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-37-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b52 Unicode hex code

井

4 strokes
Radical:
two 二
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 二 井
well, well crib, town, community
Kun:
い
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
339 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 井 【セイ】 well curb, Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 整然 【セイゼン】 orderly, regular, systematic, well-organized, well-organised, trim, tidy, accurate
  • 市井 【シセイ】 the street, the town
  • 整々 【セイセイ】 well-ordered, in good order, orderly

Kun reading compounds

  • 井 【い】 well
  • 堰 【せき】 dam, weir, barrier, sluice
  • 筒井 【つつい】 round well
  • 市井 【しせい】 the street, the town

Readings

Japanese names:
いの、 さい、 ひ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing3
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • pozo
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • poço

French

  • puits
  • margelle
  • ville
  • communauté
1470 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
252 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
165 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
916 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1031 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
103 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
34 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4265 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1824 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
258 Morohashi
3454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
76 New Nelson (John Haig)
1806 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1946 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1019 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
0a4.46 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
5500.0 Four corner code
1-16-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e95 Unicode hex code

公

4 strokes
Radical:
eight 八
Parts:
ハ 厶
public, prince, official, governmental
Kun:
おおやけ
On:
コウ、 ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 公 【コウ】 public affair, government matter, the state, the government, the public, duke, prince, Sir, Lord, familiar or derogatory suffix
  • 公安 【コウアン】 public safety, public welfare
  • 大公 【タイコウ】 archduke
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
  • 公廨 【クガイ】 government office
  • 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

Kun reading compounds

  • 公 【おおやけ】 official, governmental, formal, public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common, being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
  • 公所 【おおやけどころ】 imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 き、 きみ、 きん、 たか、 ただし、 とも、 ひろ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • público
  • imparcial
  • oficial

Portuguese

  • público
  • príncipe
  • oficial
  • governamental

French

  • public
  • prince
  • officiel
  • gouvernemental
210 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
277 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
122 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
579 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
219 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
341 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
156 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
126 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
152 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2468 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1249 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
792 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1452 Morohashi
1974 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 New Nelson (John Haig)
784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
847 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
212 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
92 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2071 2001 Kanji
2o2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
8073.0 Four corner code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-24-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516c Unicode hex code

宏

7 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
一 ノ 厶 宀
wide, large
Kun:
ひろ.い
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 広大 【コウダイ】 vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent
  • 宏遠 【コウエン】 vast and far-reaching
  • 恢弘 【カイコウ】 propagation, spreading out, extending

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 ひろ、 ひろし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
goeng

Spanish

  • amplio
  • grande
  • magnífico

Portuguese

French

1286 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1936 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2050 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2728 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1397 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7086 Morohashi
2202 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1314 New Nelson (John Haig)
2212 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2324 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
3043.2 Four corner code
1-25-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b8f Unicode hex code