Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
orphan, alone
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1239 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 孤 【コ】 being alone, solitude, loneliness, orphan
  • 孤児 【コジ】 orphan, person without friends
  • 遺孤 【イコ】 orphan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • huérfano
  • sólo

Portuguese

  • órfão

French

  • orphelin
  • seul
1229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1440 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1270 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1768 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1205 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1480 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1577 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
462 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
426 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1897 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6966X Morohashi
356 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293 New Nelson (John Haig)
1879 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1225 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3562 2001 Kanji
2c6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
1-2-6 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1243.0 Four corner code
1-24-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b64 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard
Parts:
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

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On reading compounds

  • 悄悄 【シオシオ】 in low spirits, dejected, sad
  • 消然 【ショウゼン】 dejected, dispirited, crestfallen, discouraged

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiao3, qiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1695 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
506 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10627 Morohashi
423 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1866 New Nelson (John Haig)
4k7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
9902.7 Four corner code
1-56-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6084 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Kun:
しかしか.りしか.し
On:
ゼンネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 然 【ゼン】 -like
  • 然諾 【ゼンダク】 consent, saying yes
  • 必然 【ヒツゼン】 inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity
  • 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
  • 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
  • 自然 【ジネン】 occurring naturally (without human influence)

Kun reading compounds

  • 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
  • 然 【さ】 so, like that, in that way
  • 然らば 【さらば】 farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)
  • 然然 【ささ】 such and such

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • de esa forma
  • en ese caso

Portuguese

  • Tipos de objetos
  • assim
  • se assim
  • naquele caso
  • bem

French

  • un certain
  • si c'est comme ça
  • dans ce cas
  • suffixe adverbial
450 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
557 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
528 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2770 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
437 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
716 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
651 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
246 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19149 Morohashi
2782 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3435 New Nelson (John Haig)
241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
144 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
592 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
4d8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2333.3 Four corner code
1-33-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7136 Unicode hex code