Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嘆 【タン】 sigh, grief, lamentation
  • 嘆願 【タンガン】 entreaty, appeal, petition
  • 詠嘆 【エイタン】 exclamation, admiration
  • 慨嘆 【ガイタン】 deploring, lamentation, regret, complaint

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘆く 【なげく】 to lament, to grieve, to regret, to deplore
  • 嘆かわしい 【なげかわしい】 lamentable, deplorable, regrettable, sad, wretched

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan4
Korean:
tan

Spanish

  • deplorar
  • lamentar
  • suspirar
  • gemir
  • afligirse

Portuguese

  • suspiro
  • lamento
  • pesar

French

  • se lamenter
  • soupirer
  • gémir
  • peine
1566 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1594 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
974 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1292 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1246 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1313 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1436 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
310 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
773 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
455 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1593 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4138P Morohashi
630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
872 New Nelson (John Haig)
1579 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1702 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1612 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
6403.4 Four corner code
1-35-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5606 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
beauty, beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 美 【ビ】 beauty
  • 美意識 【ビイシキ】 sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
  • 華美 【カビ】 splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
  • 造形美 【ゾウケイビ】 beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape
  • 御 【ミ】 august, beautiful
  • 見事 【ミゴト】 splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
  • 水野亜美 【ミズノアミ】 Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon character)
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 美しい 【うつくしい】 beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 よし、 よしみ、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • belleza
  • bello

Portuguese

  • beleza
  • bela

French

  • beauté
  • beau, belle
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
398 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
376 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
289 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
401 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28435 Morohashi
2264 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4660 New Nelson (John Haig)
548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
343 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
8043.1 Four corner code
1-40-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8e Unicode hex code