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中

4 strokes
Radical:
line 丨
Parts:
｜ 口
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Kun:
なか、 うち、 あた.る
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
11 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 中 【チュウ】 medium (size), average (grade, level, etc.), middle, in, within, out of (e.g. ten people), among, during, while, in (the course of), within (a period), throughout, currently (doing), in the process of, in the middle of, under (e.g. construction, investigation), middle way, moderation, second volume (of three), junior high school, middle school, China
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
  • 訪中 【ホウチュウ】 visit to China

Kun reading compounds

  • 中 【なか】 inside, interior, among, within, middle, center, centre, during, while, middle, midst, amid, interval, gap, mean, average, second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle, medium grade, medium quality, red-light district
  • 中島 【なかじま】 island in a pond or river
  • 野中 【のなか】 in the middle of a field
  • そんな中 【そんななか】 wherein, therein, thereinto
  • 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
  • 碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中 【ごうちとりかいばかのうち】 go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
  • 此の内 【このうち】 meanwhile, the other day, recently
  • 当たる 【あたる】 to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

Readings

Japanese names:
あたる、 かなえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1, zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • centro
  • dentro
  • interior
  • medio

Portuguese

  • em
  • interior
  • médio
  • meio
  • centro

French

  • dans
  • dedans
  • à l'intérieur
  • milieu
  • centre
  • moyenne
23 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
26 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
55 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
13 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
81 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
75 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
28 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
16 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4262 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
73 Morohashi
3451 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28 New Nelson (John Haig)
39 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
39 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
32 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1655 2001 Kanji
0a4.40 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-35-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e2d Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

后

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 ノ 亅 厂 口 斤
empress, queen, after, behind, back, later
Kun:
きさき
On:
コウ、 ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 后宮 【コウグウ】 empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
  • 皇妃 【コウヒ】 empress, queen
  • 皇太后 【コウタイゴウ】 Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
  • 太后 【タイコウ】 empress dowager, queen mother

Kun reading compounds

  • 后 【きさき】 empress, queen
  • 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • emperatriz
  • esposa del emperador

Portuguese

  • imperatriz
  • rainha
  • depois
  • atrás
  • mais tarde

French

  • impératrice
  • reine
  • après
  • derrière
  • arrière
  • plus tard
780 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
869 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
858 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1759 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
181 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
542 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1125 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
304 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1119 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1171 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1873 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
283 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3701 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1893 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2574 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1878 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3298 Morohashi
2981 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
704 New Nelson (John Haig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
844 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2677 2001 Kanji
3d3.11 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
7226.1 Four corner code
1-25-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540e Unicode hex code

醍

16 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
日 疋 酉
whey, good Buddhist teaching
On:
ダイ、 タイ、 テイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2303 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 醍醐 【ダイゴ】 ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours), the ultimate truth of Buddhism, nirvana
  • 醍醐味 【ダイゴミ】 the real pleasure (of something), the real thrill, the true charm, flavour of ghee, delicious taste, Buddha's gracious teachings

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti2
Korean:
je

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4795 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2500 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2031 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1455 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39924 Morohashi
6184 New Nelson (John Haig)
2747 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7e9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
1668.1 Four corner code
1-34-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
918d Unicode hex code

醐

16 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
十 口 月 酉
boiled butter
On:
ゴ、 コ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 醍醐 【ダイゴ】 ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours), the ultimate truth of Buddhism, nirvana

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4794 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2032 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1456 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39930 Morohashi
6183 New Nelson (John Haig)
2749 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2776 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7e9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-24-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9190 Unicode hex code