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七

2 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
乙 ノ 匕
Variants:
seven
Kun:
なな、 なな.つ、 なの
On:
シチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 七 【シチ】 seven
  • ７月 【シチガツ】 July, seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • ２７ 【ニジュウシチ】 27, twenty seven, 3am
  • セシウム１３７ 【セシウムヒャクサンジュウシチ】 cesium-137, caesium-137

Kun reading compounds

  • 七 【しち】 seven
  • ７月 【しちがつ】 July, seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 第七 【だいなな】 seventh
  • ２７ 【にじゅうしち】 27, twenty seven, 3am
  • 七つ 【ななつ】 seven, seven years of age, four o'clock (old time system)
  • 七帯アルマジロ 【ななつおびアルマジロ】 seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)
  • ７日 【なのか】 7th day of the month, seven days

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しっ、 な、 ひち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1
Korean:
chil

Spanish

  • siete
  • 7

Portuguese

  • Sete

French

  • sept
7 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
7 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
30 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
261 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
9 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
17 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
9 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
9 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
7 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4169 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6 Morohashi
3362 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 New Nelson (John Haig)
7 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
7 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
147 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
3 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
0a2.13 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-2 SKIP code
4-2-4 SKIP code
4071.0 Four corner code
1-28-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e03 Unicode hex code

尾

7 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
尸 毛
tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain
Kun:
お
On:
ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
875 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尾 【ビ】 Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
  • 尾行 【ビコウ】 shadow, tail, following
  • 最後尾 【サイコウビ】 end (e.g. of a line), tail end, rear, backmost part
  • 交尾 【コウビ】 copulation (among animals), mating, treading, covering, serving

Kun reading compounds

  • 尾 【お】 tail (of an animal), cauda, tail (of a kite, etc.), tail end, tail (of a comet), slope at the foot of a mountain
  • 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
  • ガスの尾 【ガスのお】 gas tail (of a comet)
  • 虎の尾 【とらのお】 tiger's tail, gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides), Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei3, yi3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • cola
  • final
  • parte trasera
  • contador de peces

Portuguese

  • rabo
  • fim
  • sufixo para contagem de p/ peixes
  • fundo de uma rampa

French

  • queue
  • bout
  • compteur de poissons
  • bas de pente (montagne)
1734 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
675 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1005 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1230 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
505 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1868 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2028 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1723 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
526 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3799 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1942 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1934 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7650 Morohashi
3062 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1915 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2064 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1117 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3756 2001 Kanji
3r4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
7721.4 Four corner code
1-40-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c3e Unicode hex code

奈

8 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
二 大 小 示
Variants:
柰
Nara, what?
Kun:
いかん、 からなし
On:
ナ、 ナイ、 ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奈良 【ナラ】 Nara (city, prefecture)
  • な行 【ナギョウ】 the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
  • 眼仁奈 【メジナ】 largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
  • 輪奈 【ワナ】 loop (of thread, string, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 如何 【いかん】 (depending on) how, (depending on) what, nature (of), what is ...?, how is ...?, what will be ...?
  • 唐梨 【からなし】 Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nai4, nai3
Korean:
nae, na

Spanish

  • Nara
  • ¿que tal?
  • ¿por qué?

Portuguese

French

  • Nara
  • comment ?
822 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1977 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2044 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
947 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1103 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5893 Morohashi
2219 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 New Nelson (John Haig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1175 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1441 2001 Kanji
4e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4090.1 Four corner code
1-38-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5948 Unicode hex code

留

10 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
刀 厶 田
Variants:
畄 畱
detain, fasten, halt, stop
Kun:
と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる
On:
リュウ、 ル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
731 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 留 【リュウ】 stationary point
  • 留学 【リュウガク】 studying abroad, (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
  • 駐留 【チュウリュウ】 stationing (e.g. of troops), garrison
  • 在留 【ザイリュウ】 residing (esp. abroad), staying, living
  • 留 【ルーブル】 ruble (Russian currency), rouble
  • 留守番 【ルスバン】 care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching, staying at home, caretaker, house-sitter
  • 柳樽 【ヤナギダル】 lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
  • 柳多留 【ヤナギダル】 The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu) (abbr), Haifu Yanagidaru

Kun reading compounds

  • 止める 【とめる】 to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody
  • 止まる 【とまる】 to stop (moving), to come to a stop, to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended, to alight, to perch on
  • 留める 【とどめる】 to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
  • 止まる 【とどまる】 to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place), to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for
  • とどまるところを知らない 【とどまるところをしらない】 knowing no bounds, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

Readings

Japanese names:
とめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • quedarse
  • permanecer
  • parar
  • detener

Portuguese

  • deter
  • segurar
  • parar
  • interromper

French

  • retenir
  • attacher
  • rester
  • s'arrêter
733 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
824 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
805 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
824 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
412 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
742 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1470 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
761 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
774 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
432 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1341 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2235 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1435 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21808 Morohashi
2580 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3750 New Nelson (John Haig)
1423 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1527 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
722 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2676 2001 Kanji
5f5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
7760.2 Four corner code
1-46-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7559 Unicode hex code