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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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On reading compounds

  • 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

松

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ハ 厶 木
Variants:
枩 柗 梥
pine tree
Kun:
まつ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine

Kun reading compounds

  • 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
  • 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • pino

Portuguese

  • pinheiro

French

  • pin
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
215 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2212 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
970 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1075 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14516 Morohashi
864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 New Nelson (John Haig)
785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
483 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1871 2001 Kanji
4a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4893.2 Four corner code
1-30-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
677e Unicode hex code

清

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
二 亠 土 汁 月 青
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
Kun:
きよ.い、 きよ.まる、 きよ.める
On:
セイ、 ショウ、 シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 清算 【セイサン】 (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)
  • 清潔 【セイケツ】 clean, hygienic, sanitary, pure, virtuous, immaculate
  • 血清 【ケッセイ】 serum, blood serum
  • 乳清 【ニュウセイ】 whey
  • 清浄 【セイジョウ】 pure, clean, purity
  • 清浄無垢 【セイジョウムク】 purity, spotlessness
  • 清 【シン】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty
  • 清朝 【シンチョウ】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty, seichōtai, typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
  • 東清 【トウシン】 Eastern China
  • 日清 【ニッシン】 Japan and Qing China

Kun reading compounds

  • 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
  • 清い愛 【きよいあい】 pure love, platonic love
  • 清まる 【きよまる】 to be purified, to be cleansed
  • 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さや、 し、 すが、 すみ、 せ、 ちん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • puro
  • claro
  • purificar
  • limpiar

Portuguese

  • puro
  • purificar
  • limpar
  • exorcisar
  • Disnastia Manchu

French

  • pur
  • purifier
  • exorciser
  • nettoyer
  • dynastie Mandchoue
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
547 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
517 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
509 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
654 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
692 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
671 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
754 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1213 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
635 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1553 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17695P Morohashi
523 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3205 New Nelson (John Haig)
1539 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1659 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
569 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3512.7 Four corner code
1-32-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e05 Unicode hex code

廉

13 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
｜ ハ 并 广 ヨ
Variants:
bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2066 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廉 【レン】 cheap, inexpensive, pure, honest, upright
  • 廉価 【レンカ】 low price, moderate price
  • 清廉 【セイレン】 honest, upright, cleanhanded, unselfish
  • 低廉 【テイレン】 cheap, inexpensive

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeom

Spanish

  • noble
  • puro
  • honrado
  • sincero
  • barato

Portuguese

  • pechincha
  • razão
  • carga
  • suspeita
  • ponto
  • conta
  • pureza
  • preço baixo
  • honesto
  • barato
  • descansado
  • pacífica
  • satisfeita

French

  • bonne affaire
  • raison
  • charge
  • suspicion
  • pas cher
  • point
  • compte
  • pureté
  • honnête
  • reposé
  • satisfait
  • paisible
1932 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1752 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1514 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1262 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2042 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1689 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1804 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1729 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
597 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3911 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2720 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1615 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9436X Morohashi
3153 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 New Nelson (John Haig)
1601 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1727 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1621 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-10 SKIP code
0023.7 Four corner code
1-46-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ec9 Unicode hex code