Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
sew, stitch, embroider
Kun:
ぬ.う
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縫製 【ホウセイ】 sewing (by machine)
  • 縫腋 【ホウエキ】 stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing, clothing with such a stitched side, robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up
  • 天衣無縫 【テンイムホウ】 perfect beauty with no trace of artifice, flawless

Kun reading compounds

  • 縫う 【ぬう】 to sew, to stitch, to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng2, feng4
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • cosido
  • zurcido
  • bordado
  • coser
  • zurcir
  • bordar

Portuguese

  • costurar
  • cozer
  • borda

French

  • coudre
  • suturer
  • broder
1804 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3582 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1235 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1645 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1571 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1557 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1781 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27805P Morohashi
1406 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4550 New Nelson (John Haig)
1563 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1846 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2755 2001 Kanji
6a9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
1-6-9 SKIP code
2793.4 Four corner code
1-43-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e2b Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
sew, stitch, embroider
Kun:
ぬ.う
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縫製 【ホウセイ】 sewing (by machine)
  • 縫腋 【ホウエキ】 stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing, clothing with such a stitched side, robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up
  • 天衣無縫 【テンイムホウ】 perfect beauty with no trace of artifice, flawless

Kun reading compounds

  • 縫う 【ぬう】 to sew, to stitch, to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng2, feng4
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • cosido
  • zurcido
  • bordado
  • coser
  • zurcir
  • bordar

Portuguese

  • costurar
  • cozer
  • borda

French

  • coudre
  • suturer
  • broder
1804 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3582 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1235 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1645 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1571 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1557 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1781 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27805P Morohashi
1406 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4550 New Nelson (John Haig)
1563 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1846 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2755 2001 Kanji
6a9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
1-6-9 SKIP code
2793.4 Four corner code
1-43-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e2b Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
wrap, embrace
Parts:
wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
  • 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
  • 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
  • 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure

Kun reading compounds

  • 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
  • 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • envolver
  • empaquetar
  • cubrir

Portuguese

  • movimentar
  • embrulhar
  • capa
  • esconde

French

  • emballer
  • envelopper
  • recouvrir
  • cacher
511 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
611 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
583 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1112 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
369 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
377 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
218 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1013 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
230 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3684 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2560 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
536 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2506P Morohashi
2966 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 New Nelson (John Haig)
530 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
569 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
456 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
0a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
2771.2 Four corner code
1-42-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5305 Unicode hex code