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地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

球

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 水 王
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code

温

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 日 皿
Variants:
溫
warm
Kun:
あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める、 ぬく
On:
オン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
838 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 温厚 【オンコウ】 gentle, mild-mannered
  • 穏健 【オンケン】 moderate (view, politics, etc.), temperate, sensible, sober, non-radical
  • 保温 【ホオン】 retaining warmth, keeping heat in, heat insulation
  • 室温 【シツオン】 room temperature

Kun reading compounds

  • 暖か 【あたたか】 warm, mild, genial
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 温かい歓迎 【あたたかいかんげい】 warm reception, cordial welcome, warm greeting
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温める 【あたためる】 to warm (up), to heat (up), to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.), to keep to oneself, to nurse, to mull over, to renew (an old friendship), to take for oneself
  • 温 【ぬく】 idiot, dummy, slow person
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温々 【ぬくぬく】 snugly, cosily, warmly, comfortably, carefree, easily, safely, without hardship, freshly made and still warm, imprudently, shamelessly

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 なお、 はる、 ゆ、 ゆたか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen1
Korean:
on

Spanish

  • templado
  • cálido
  • amable
  • afable
  • calentarse
  • calentar

Portuguese

  • morno

French

  • chaud
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
257 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
237 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
623 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2634 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
382 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1585 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
634 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
644 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
839 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1217 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
554 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1464 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17774 Morohashi
608 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3246 New Nelson (John Haig)
1452 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1560 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
390 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374 2001 Kanji
3a9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3611.7 Four corner code
1-18-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e29 Unicode hex code

暖

13 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
一 ノ 又 日 爪
warmth
Kun:
あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める
On:
ダン、 ノン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1371 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 暖 【ダン】 warming, warmth
  • 暖冬 【ダントウ】 mild winter, warm winter
  • 寒暖 【カンダン】 cold and heat, (degree of) temperature
  • 床暖 【ユカダン】 underfloor heating
  • 呑気 【ノンキ】 easy, easygoing, carefree, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, leisurely, careless, thoughtless
  • 暖簾 【ノレン】 (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house, reputation (of a store), good name, credit, goodwill

Kun reading compounds

  • 暖か 【あたたか】 warm, mild, genial
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい色 【あたたかいいろ】 warm color, warm colour
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温める 【あたためる】 to warm (up), to heat (up), to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.), to keep to oneself, to nurse, to mull over, to renew (an old friendship), to take for oneself

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nuan3
Korean:
nan, hweon

Spanish

  • templado
  • cálido
  • caliente
  • calentar

Portuguese

  • caloroso

French

  • chaleur
945 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
932 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1164 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2153 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
917 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
605 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1882 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
635 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
645 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
339 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
994 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1274 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
922 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1968 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14064X Morohashi
1011 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2502 New Nelson (John Haig)
1949 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2099 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
964 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3867 2001 Kanji
4c9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
6204.7 Four corner code
1-35-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6696 Unicode hex code

化

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon 匕
Parts:
化 匕
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Kun:
ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code

影

15 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
亠 口 小 彡 日
shadow, silhouette, phantom
Kun:
かげ
On:
エイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
464 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 影響 【エイキョウ】 influence, effect, impact
  • 影響力 【エイキョウリョク】 influence, clout, leverage
  • 遺影 【イエイ】 portrait of a deceased person
  • 投影 【トウエイ】 projection

Kun reading compounds

  • 影 【かげ】 shadow, silhouette, figure, shape, reflection, image, ominous sign, light (stars, moon), trace, shadow (of one's former self), behind, background, other side
  • 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 夕影 【ゆうかげ】 light of the setting sun, figure lit by the evening sun

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying3
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • sombra
  • silueta
  • forma
  • parte contraria
  • reverso

Portuguese

  • sombra
  • silhueta
  • fantasma

French

  • ombre portée
  • silhouette
  • fantôme
1017 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
630 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1594 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
929 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1276 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2357 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
854 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
873 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1022 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
619 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2381 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1671 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1728 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10019 Morohashi
1889 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1722 New Nelson (John Haig)
1712 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
494 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1758 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3860 2001 Kanji
3j12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-3 SKIP code
6292.2 Four corner code
1-17-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f71 Unicode hex code

響

20 strokes
Radical:
sound 音
Parts:
幺 邦 日 立 艮 音
Variants:
响 響
echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
Kun:
ひび.く
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
502 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 響岩 【キョウガン】 phonolite, clinkstone
  • 響笛 【キョウテキ】 vibrating pipe
  • 交響 【コウキョウ】 reverberation
  • 好影響 【コウエイキョウ】 favorable influence, favourable influence

Kun reading compounds

  • 響く 【ひびく】 to resound, to be heard far away, to reverberate, to shake, to vibrate, to come (home), to remain (with someone), to have an effect, to make an impression

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • eco
  • vibración
  • hacer eco
  • resonar
  • vibrar

Portuguese

  • eco
  • som
  • ressoar
  • argola
  • vibrar

French

  • résonner
  • écho
  • son
  • sonner
  • vibrer
1171 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
647 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5114 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1896 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2981 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
856 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
875 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1023 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1881 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3573 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1867 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43318P Morohashi
2878 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6610 New Nelson (John Haig)
1850 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1994 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1936 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2778 2001 Kanji
4c15.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-9 SKIP code
2-10-9 SKIP code
2760.1 Four corner code
1-22-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97ff Unicode hex code