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京

8 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 口 小
Variants:
亰
capital, 10**16
Kun:
みやこ
On:
キョウ、 ケイ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
74 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 京 【キョウ】 imperial capital (esp. Kyoto), final word of an iroha poem, 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion
  • 京都 【キョウト】 Kyoto (city, prefecture)
  • 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
  • 在京 【ザイキョウ】 being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
  • 京 【キョウ】 imperial capital (esp. Kyoto), final word of an iroha poem, 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion
  • 京阪 【ケイハン】 Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area
  • 英京 【エイキョウ】 British capital, London
  • キン族 【キンゾク】 Kinh (people), Vietnamese (people)
  • 南京 【ナンキン】 Nanjing (China), Nanking, pumpkin, squash, Chinese, Southeast Asian, foreign, rare, precious, cute

Kun reading compounds

  • 都 【みやこ】 capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government, capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light), location of the Imperial Palace
  • 長岡京 【ながおかきょう】 Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794), Nagaokakyō (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • capital

Portuguese

  • capital
  • 10 elevado a 16

French

  • capitale
  • 10**16
63 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
110 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
99 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
16 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
295 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
172 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
109 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
663 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
189 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
189 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
233 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
39 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2546 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1766 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
318 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
299 Morohashi
2052 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
93 New Nelson (John Haig)
312 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
334 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
303 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
157 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
441 2001 Kanji
2j6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
0090.6 Four corner code
1-21-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eac Unicode hex code

王

4 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
王
king, rule, magnate
On:
オウ、 -ノウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 王 【オウ】 king, ruler, sovereign, monarch, tycoon, magnate, champion, master, king (of the senior player)
  • 王女 【オウジョ】 princess
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 大王 【ダイオウ】 great king

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 おおきみ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang2, wang4
Korean:
wang

Spanish

  • rey
  • regla
  • magnate

Portuguese

  • rei
  • regra
  • magnata
  • governo

French

  • roi
  • régner
  • magnat
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
47 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
5 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
499 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
310 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
90 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
294 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
577 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1315 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20823 Morohashi
3439 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3619 New Nelson (John Haig)
255 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1010.4 Four corner code
1-18-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
738b Unicode hex code

稲

14 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
｜ 日 爪 禾
Variants:
稻
rice plant
Kun:
いね、 いな-
On:
トウ、 テ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1038 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 稲架 【ハサ】 drying rice on a rack, rack for drying rice
  • 稲粟 【トウゾク】 rice and millet
  • 水稲 【スイトウ】 wet-land rice
  • 占城稲 【センジョウトウ】 Champa rice
  • 中手 【ナカテ】 mid-season crops, mid-season rice, mid-season vegetables, metacarpus
  • 奥手 【オクテ】 late-growing rice, late-ripening crops, late-blooming flowers, late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late), late bloomer

Kun reading compounds

  • 稲 【いね】 rice plant (Oryza sativa)
  • 稲刈り 【いねかり】 rice reaping, rice harvesting
  • 束稲 【つかいね】 sheaf of rice, bundle of rice plants
  • アフリカ稲 【アフリカいね】 African rice (Oryza glaberrima)

Readings

Japanese names:
いの、 しね、 せ、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • planta de arroz

Portuguese

  • planta de arroz

French

  • plant de riz
1656 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
966 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3294 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1293 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1588 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2125 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1220 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1283 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1233 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1443 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
919 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25187P Morohashi
1219 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4158 New Nelson (John Haig)
910 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
976 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1719 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2278 2001 Kanji
5d9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
2296.9 Four corner code
2296.3 Four corner code
1-16-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a32 Unicode hex code

田

5 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
田
rice field, rice paddy
Kun:
た
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
90 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 田畑 【タハタ】 fields (of rice and other crops)
  • 田園 【デンエン】 the country, countryside, rural districts, cultivated land, fields
  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 水田 【スイデン】 (water-filled) paddy field

Kun reading compounds

  • 田 【た】 rice field
  • 田植え 【たうえ】 rice planting
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt

Readings

Japanese names:
いなか、 おか、 たん、 で、 とう、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • campo de arroz
  • arrozal

Portuguese

  • campo de arroz
  • arroz sem beneficiar

French

  • rizière
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
60 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
59 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
52 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
35 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21723 Morohashi
3041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3727 New Nelson (John Haig)
14 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
14 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
45 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3676 2001 Kanji
5f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-37-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7530 Unicode hex code

堤

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 日 疋
Variants:
埞
dike, bank, embankment
Kun:
つつみ
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1658 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 堤防 【テイボウ】 bank, weir, embankment, levee
  • 提出 【テイシュツ】 presentation (of documents), submission (of an application, report, etc.), production (e.g. of evidence), introduction (e.g. of a bill), filing, turning in
  • 突堤 【トッテイ】 jetty, breakwater, pier
  • 神経堤 【シンケイテイ】 neural crest

Kun reading compounds

  • 堤 【つつみ】 bank, embankment, dike
  • 堤を築く 【つつみをきずく】 to build an embankment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di1, ti2
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • dique
  • malecón
  • terraplén
  • escollo

Portuguese

  • represa
  • dique

French

  • digue
  • berge
  • rive
1620 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1555 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1108 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1404 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1157 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1557 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1592 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1699 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1852 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
382 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
681 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
515 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
397 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5259 Morohashi
560 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1054 New Nelson (John Haig)
390 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
416 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1516 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1470 2001 Kanji
3b9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4618.1 Four corner code
1-36-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5824 Unicode hex code

駅

14 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 尸 杰 馬
Variants:
驛
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code