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小

3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant 小
Parts:
小
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
  • 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
  • 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
  • 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium

Kun reading compounds

  • 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
  • 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

児

7 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
｜ 儿 日
Variants:
兒
newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 -っこ
On:
ジ、 ニ、 ゲイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 児 【ジ】 child, boy, I, me
  • 児童 【ジドウ】 children, juvenile
  • 新生児 【シンセイジ】 newborn baby
  • 遺児 【イジ】 orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 【コククジラ】 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 駄々っ子 【だだっこ】 unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat

Readings

Japanese names:
る
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • recién nacido
  • chiquillo
  • cría

Portuguese

  • recém-nascido
  • criança
  • filhote

French

  • nouveau-né
  • enfant
  • petit d'animal
801 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
526 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
697 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
556 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
782 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
338 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
497 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1375 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
58 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1364 Morohashi
2546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 New Nelson (John Haig)
58 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
62 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
4c3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
2621.0 Four corner code
1-27-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5150 Unicode hex code

脂

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
匕 日 月
fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
Kun:
あぶら
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 脂肪 【シボウ】 fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet
  • 脂質 【シシツ】 lipid
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 皮脂 【ヒシ】 sebum, sebaceous matter

Kun reading compounds

  • 脂 【あぶら】 fat, tallow, lard, grease
  • 脂っこい 【あぶらっこい】 greasy, fatty, oily
  • 背脂 【せあぶら】 back fat, fatty upper part of roast pork

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • grasa
  • sebo
  • resina

Portuguese

  • gordura
  • graxa
  • sêbo
  • banha
  • resina
  • goma
  • asfalto

French

  • gras
  • graisse
  • suif
  • lard
  • résine
  • gomme
  • goudron
1319 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1505 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3766 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1042 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1083 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1350 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1031 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
649 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
466 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29463 Morohashi
954 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4808 New Nelson (John Haig)
456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
494 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3978 2001 Kanji
4b6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7226.1 Four corner code
1-27-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8102 Unicode hex code

肪

8 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
方 月
obese, fat
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1878 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 中性脂肪 【チュウセイシボウ】 neutral fat, neutral lipid, triglyceride
  • 動物性脂肪 【ドウブツセイシボウ】 animal fat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • obeso
  • grueso
  • gordo

Portuguese

  • obeso
  • gordura

French

  • obèse
  • graisse
  • gras
  • gros
1810 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1907 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3734 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1806 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1669 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1857 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2013 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1351 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1025 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
505 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29302 Morohashi
877 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4766 New Nelson (John Haig)
494 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
533 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3945 2001 Kanji
4b4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7022.7 Four corner code
1-43-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80aa Unicode hex code

便

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 化 日 田
convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Kun:
たよ.り
On:
ベン、 ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
  • 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
  • 利便 【リベン】 convenience
  • 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
  • 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
  • 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
  • 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
  • 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights

Kun reading compounds

  • 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
  • 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian4, pian2
Korean:
pyeon, byeon

Spanish

  • conveniencia
  • excremento
  • noticias
  • correspondencia
  • carta

Portuguese

  • conveniência

French

  • commodité
  • courrier
  • vol (avion)
  • nouvelles
510 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
610 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
582 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
578 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
450 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
265 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
118 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
330 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
330 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
227 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
101 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
105 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
75 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1000 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
659 Morohashi
95 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219 New Nelson (John Haig)
991 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1066 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
533 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2166 2001 Kanji
2a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2124.6 Four corner code
1-42-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fbf Unicode hex code

症

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
一 止 疔
symptoms, illness
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
  • 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
  • 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • síntoma
  • señal
  • enfermedad

Portuguese

  • sintomas
  • doença

French

  • symptôme
  • maladie
1397 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
955 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1563 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1400 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4065 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1701 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22140 Morohashi
3280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3795 New Nelson (John Haig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1816 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
573 2001 Kanji
5i5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0011.1 Four corner code
1-30-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c7 Unicode hex code