Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
599 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 併用 【ヘイヨウ】 combined use, using together (with), using jointly, using at the same time
  • 並行 【ヘイコウ】 going side-by-side, going abreast, running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with

Kun reading compounds

  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並べる 【ならべる】 to line up, to set up, to arrange in a line, to enumerate, to itemize, to be equal (to), to compare well (with), to be as good (as)
  • 並ぶ 【ならぶ】 to line up, to stand in a line, to rival, to match, to equal
  • 並びに 【ならびに】 and (also), both ... and, as well as

Readings

Japanese names:
なび
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • alinear
  • corriente
  • normal
  • ordinario
  • alinearse
  • estar alineado

Portuguese

  • fila
  • e
  • além disso
  • assim como
  • faz fila
  • classifica com
  • rival
  • igual

French

  • rangée
  • et
  • en outre
  • de plus
  • faire la queue
  • mettre en rang
  • rival
  • égal
977 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1775 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
716 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
998 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
765 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
1165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1222 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
221 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
764 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2793 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1802 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
54 Morohashi
2246 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 New Nelson (John Haig)
1785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1924 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
873 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
974 2001 Kanji
2o6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.2 Four corner code
1-42-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e26 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
tree, wood
Kun:
こ-
On:
ボクモク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
334 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 優 【ユウ】 Excellent (grade), A, superiority, excellence, gentle, graceful, elegant, skillful
  • 優位 【ユウイ】 predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy
  • 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
  • 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance
  • 優曇華 【ウドンゲ】 udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata), something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years), Japanese fiber banana flower, green lacewing eggs
  • 優婆夷 【ウバイ】 upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
  • 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
  • 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

Kun reading compounds

  • 優しい 【やさしい】 tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable
  • 優しい声 【やさしいこえ】 soft voice
  • 優れる 【すぐれる】 to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
  • 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
  • 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • excelente
  • sobresaliente
  • especial
  • papel
  • función
  • elegante
  • tierno
  • amable
  • cariñoso
  • sobrepasar
  • dejar atrás
  • sobresalir

Portuguese

  • ternura
  • superar
  • superação
  • ator
  • superioridade
  • gentileza

French

  • tendresse
  • gentillesse
  • exceller
  • surpasser
  • supériorité
  • acteur
995 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
984 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
453 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1148 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
336 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2599 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1033 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1168 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
140 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
200 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1002 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1261 Morohashi
177 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
334 New Nelson (John Haig)
993 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1068 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1000 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2167 2001 Kanji
2a15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-15 SKIP code
2124.7 Four corner code
1-45-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
512a Unicode hex code