Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
Variants:
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east
Kun:
On:
ボウモウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卯 【ウ】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 丁卯 【ヒノトウ】 Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
  • 己卯 【ツチノトウ】 Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

Kun reading compounds

  • 卯 【う】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 卯年 【うさぎどし】 year of the Hare, year of the Rabbit
  • なか卯 【なかう】 Nakau (restaurant chain)
  • 辛卯 【かのとう】 Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 しげる、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao3
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • signo de la liebre
  • cuarto signo del zodíaco
  • conejo

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 4ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Lapin (zodiaque)
  • 5 à 7 heures du matin
  • Est (90°)
2052 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
806 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1983 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2031 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2062 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2847 Morohashi
199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628 New Nelson (John Haig)
2041 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2199 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-17-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
536f Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
build
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
300 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 建国 【ケンコク】 founding of a nation
  • 建議 【ケンギ】 proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion
  • 経営再建 【ケイエイサイケン】 management reorganization, management reorganisation
  • 財政再建 【ザイセイサイケン】 finance reform, fiscal reconstruction
  • 建立 【コンリュウ】 (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection
  • 再建 【サイコン】 (temple or shrine) rebuilding

Kun reading compounds

  • 建てる 【たてる】 to build, to construct
  • 建て 【たて】 contract, commitment
  • 建前 【たてまえ】 face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
  • 建つ 【たつ】 to be erected, to be built

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たつ、 たて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • construir
  • edificar
  • levantarse
  • ser construido

Portuguese

  • Construção

French

  • construire
391 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
498 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
473 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1549 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
363 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
166 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
892 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
913 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1055 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
600 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3834 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1965 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
398 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9574 Morohashi
3090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 New Nelson (John Haig)
391 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
417 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
278 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
524 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
1540.0 Four corner code
1-23-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5efa Unicode hex code