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乾

11 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
一 ノ 乙 人 十 日 乞
Variants:
乹
drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor
Kun:
かわ.く、 かわ.かす、 ほ.す、 ひ.る、 いぬい
On:
カン、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
  • 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
  • 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
  • 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
  • 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
  • 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest

Kun reading compounds

  • 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
  • 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
  • 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
  • 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
  • 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan1, qian2
Korean:
gan, geon

Spanish

  • seco
  • secar
  • secarse
  • desecarse

Portuguese

  • seca
  • dessecar
  • evaporar
  • paraíso
  • imperador

French

  • sécheresse
  • sécher
  • dessécher
  • vider (verre)
  • cieux
  • empereur
1099 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1355 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
784 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1195 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
292 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1411 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
904 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
27 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2113 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1101 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1500 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
473 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
204 Morohashi
1679 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
63 New Nelson (John Haig)
463 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
502 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1407 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1556 2001 Kanji
4c7.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-4 SKIP code
4841.7 Four corner code
1-20-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e7e Unicode hex code

燥

17 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
口 木 火 品
parch, dry up
Kun:
はしゃ.ぐ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
  • 高燥 【コウソウ】 high and dry

Kun reading compounds

  • 燥ぐ 【はしゃぐ】 to make merry, to frolic, to be in high spirits

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • secar
  • resecar

Portuguese

  • ressecar
  • secar

French

  • dessécher
  • être joyeux
1528 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1565 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2810 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1708 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
722 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1656 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1770 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
903 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1272 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1392 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
745 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1009 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
219 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19467 Morohashi
1087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3493 New Nelson (John Haig)
215 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
228 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1872 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1164 2001 Kanji
4d13.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
1-1-16 SKIP code
9689.4 Four corner code
1-33-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71e5 Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

鼻

14 strokes
Radical:
nose 鼻
Parts:
廾 田 目 自 鼻
nose, snout
Kun:
はな
On:
ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 鼻息 【ハナイキ】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 鼻炎 【ビエン】 rhinitis, coryza, nasal inflammation
  • 阿鼻 【アビ】 Avici (lowest level of hell)
  • 擤鼻 【コウビ】 nose-blowing

Kun reading compounds

  • 鼻 【はな】 nose
  • 鼻息 【はないき】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 目鼻 【めはな】 eyes and nose, looks, facial features, shape, form
  • 赤鼻 【あかはな】 red nose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • nariz
  • hocico

Portuguese

  • nariz
  • focinho
  • tromba

French

  • nez
  • museau
  • groin
496 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
399 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
377 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5421 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
714 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1022 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2206 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
813 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
832 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
685 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48498P Morohashi
2706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7082 New Nelson (John Haig)
678 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
733 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
428 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
855 2001 Kanji
5f9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2644.6 Four corner code
1-41-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f3b Unicode hex code

炎

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
火
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code