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二

2 strokes
Radical:
two 二
Parts:
二
Variants:
弍
two, two radical (no. 7)
Kun:
ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
On:
ニ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
9 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 二 【ニ】 two, 2
  • 二院 【ニイン】 the two houses of legislature
  • 一二 【イチニ】 the first and second, a few
  • 十二 【ジュウニ】 twelve, 12, queen
  • 次男 【ジナン】 second son
  • 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
  • 不二 【フジ】 being two sides of the same coin, being the same (while appearing different), Very sincerely yours, peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled
  • 唯一不二 【ユイイツフジ】 one and only, unique

Kun reading compounds

  • 二 【に】 two, 2
  • 二重 【にじゅう】 double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, diplo-, dipl-, double-edged eyelid, double eyelid, creased eyelid
  • 二つ 【ふたつ】 two
  • 二つ目 【ふたつめ】 one after next, second
  • 再び 【ふたたび】 again, once more, a second time

Readings

Japanese names:
おと、 つぐ、 つぎ、 にい、 は、 ふ、 ふたつ、 ふだ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er4
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • dos
  • 2

Portuguese

  • dois

French

  • deux
  • radical deux (no. 2)
2 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
2 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
61 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
6 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
4 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
3 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
31 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2421 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1688 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
247 Morohashi
1922 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
72 New Nelson (John Haig)
2 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
2 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-38-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8c Unicode hex code

十

2 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
十
ten
Kun:
とお、 と、 そ
On:
ジュウ、 ジッ、 ジュッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
8 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 十 【ジュウ】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • ９０ 【キュウジュウ】 ninety, 90
  • 第十 【ダイジュウ】 tenth
  • 十種競技 【ジッシュキョウギ】 decathlon
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十回 【ジッカイ】 ten times

Kun reading compounds

  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • １０日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 釈迦十 【しゃかじゅう】 10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • １０日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 算盤 【そろばん】 abacus, soroban, calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 か、 ぎ、 さ、 し、 そ、 そう、 ち、 とう、 ね、 ま、 る、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2
Korean:
sib

Spanish

  • diez
  • 10

Portuguese

  • dez

French

  • dix
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
33 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
12 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
18 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
12 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
239 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2695 Morohashi
3365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 New Nelson (John Haig)
10 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
10 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
6 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2k0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-3 SKIP code
4000.0 Four corner code
1-29-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5341 Unicode hex code

歳

13 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
ノ 小 戈 止
Variants:
亗
year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Kun:
とし、 とせ、 よわい
On:
サイ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
  • 歳月 【サイゲツ】 time, years
  • 歳歳 【サイサイ】 annual
  • 年年歳歳 【ネンネンサイサイ】 annually, every year, year in year out, from year to year
  • 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年取った 【としとった】 old (person), aged
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 大年 【おおとし】 New Year's Eve, Jupiter (planet)
  • 年 【とせ】 counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
  • 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
  • 二十歳 【はたとせ】 twenty years

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sui4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Fim de ano
  • idade
  • ocasião
  • oportunidade

French

  • fin d'année
  • âge
  • compteur d'années
  • occasion
  • opportunité
1294 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
550 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2434 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1418 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
653 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
479 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
703 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1131 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3131 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
394 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16326P Morohashi
2490 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2962 New Nelson (John Haig)
512 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
551 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1636 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1259 2001 Kanji
4n9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
2125.3 Four corner code
1-26-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b73 Unicode hex code

恋

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
亠 ハ 心
Variants:
戀
romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
Kun:
こ.う、 こい、 こい.しい
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1296 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 恋愛 【レンアイ】 love, love-making, passion, emotion, affections
  • 恋歌 【コイウタ】 love song, love poem
  • 悲恋 【ヒレン】 blighted love, disappointed love
  • 狂恋 【キョウレン】 mad love, excessive infatuation

Kun reading compounds

  • 恋う 【こう】 to love
  • 恋 【こい】 (romantic) love
  • 恋人 【こいびと】 lover, sweetheart, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • リア恋 【リアこい】 being in love with an idol, actor, etc., fan who is in love with an idol, actor, etc.
  • 片恋 【かたこい】 unrequited love, one-sided love
  • 恋しい 【こいしい】 yearned for, longed for, missed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian4
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • romance
  • amor
  • enamoramiento
  • enamorado
  • querido
  • enamorarse

Portuguese

  • romance
  • apaixonar-se
  • sentir saudades
  • sentir falta

French

  • chérir
  • amour
  • idylle
  • languir
  • manquer
1931 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1123 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1012 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
536 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1223 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
258 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1078 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
784 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2602 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1764 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10537 Morohashi
2098 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 New Nelson (John Haig)
1748 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1885 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1333 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
458 2001 Kanji
2j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
0033.3 Four corner code
1-46-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
604b Unicode hex code