Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
good luck, joy, congratulations
Kun:
よし
On:
キチキツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
711 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉祥天 【キッショウテン】 Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
  • 大吉 【ダイキチ】 excellent luck
  • 中吉 【チュウキチ】 moderately good luck (in fortune telling)
  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉事 【キチジ】 auspicious event
  • 嘉吉 【カキツ】 Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
  • 勿吉 【モッキツ】 Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

Kun reading compounds

  • 吉川神道 【よしかわしんとう】 Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
  • 吉川線 【よしかわせん】 scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
  • 土吉 【つちよし】 earth form of "good luck" character
  • 豊臣秀吉 【とよとみひでよし】 Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 き、 きっ、 きる、 こし、 と、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
gil

Spanish

  • buena suerte
  • alegría
  • felicitaciones

Portuguese

  • boa sorte
  • prazer
  • congratulações

French

  • bonne chance
  • joie
  • félicitations
1142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
464 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1053 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1124 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
278 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2691 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3289 Morohashi
2167 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 New Nelson (John Haig)
320 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1064 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-21-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5409 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
sand
Kun:
すなよなげる
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1897 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 沙 【シャ】 one hundred-millionth
  • 砂漠 【サバク】 desert
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand
  • 秋沙 【アイサ】 merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)
  • 沙 【シャ】 one hundred-millionth
  • 砂丘 【サキュウ】 sand dune, sand hill
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand
  • 泥砂 【デイサ】 mud and sand

Kun reading compounds

  • 砂 【すな】 sand, grit
  • 砂子 【すなご】 gold dust, silver dust, sand, grit
  • 白砂 【はくしゃ】 white sand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1, sha4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • arena
  • gravilla
  • desierto

Portuguese

French

2504 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
392 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2135 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1205 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
311 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
236 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17212 Morohashi
266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3063 New Nelson (John Haig)
2296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
151 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3912.0 Four corner code
1-26-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c99 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
weave, fabric
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 織布 【ショクフ】 woven fabric
  • 織女 【ショクジョ】 female weaver, Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae
  • 染織 【センショク】 dyeing and weaving
  • 紡織 【ボウショク】 spinning and weaving
  • 子宮旁結合織 【シキュウボウケツゴウシキ】 parametrium
  • 間充織 【カンジュウシキ】 mesenchyme

Kun reading compounds

  • 織る 【おる】 to weave
  • 織り 【おり】 weave, weaving, woven item
  • 織物 【おりもの】 textile, fabric
  • 羽織 【はおり】 haori (Japanese formal coat)
  • 手織り 【ており】 handwoven, handspun, weaving by hand
  • 織り 【おり】 weave, weaving, woven item
  • 織物 【おりもの】 textile, fabric
  • 羽織 【はおり】 haori (Japanese formal coat)
  • 手織り 【ており】 handwoven, handspun, weaving by hand

Readings

Japanese names:
こおり、 こり、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
jig

Spanish

  • tejido
  • tela
  • tramar
  • tejer

Portuguese

  • tecer
  • tecido

French

  • tisser
  • tissu
644 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
742 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
720 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
753 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3613 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
431 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1649 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2879 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
680 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
693 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
882 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1561 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1346 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27892 Morohashi
1422 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4596 New Nelson (John Haig)
1334 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1432 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
822 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2759 2001 Kanji
6a12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
2395.0 Four corner code
1-31-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e54 Unicode hex code