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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

磯

17 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
丶 ノ 口 幺 戈 石
seashore, beach
Kun:
いそ
On:
キ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1444 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 磯 【いそ】 (rocky) beach, seashore
  • 磯辺 【いそべ】 seashore, beach, food wrapped in nori
  • 築磯 【つきいそ】 artificial reef
  • 荒磯 【あらいそ】 reefy coast, windswept and wave-beaten shore

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 そ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • playa rocosa

Portuguese

French

1518 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3221 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1920 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2177 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
839 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24465 Morohashi
1242 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4049 New Nelson (John Haig)
2594 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2640 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3359 2001 Kanji
5a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-12 SKIP code
1265.3 Four corner code
1-16-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78ef Unicode hex code

國

11 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
口 囗 戈
Variants:
国
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 国際 【コクサイ】 international, diplomatic intercourse
  • 国語 【コクゴ】 national language, Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan), one's native language, mother tongue, native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
  • 大韓民国 【ダイカンミンコク】 Republic of Korea, South Korea
  • 連合王国 【レンゴウオウコク】 United Kingdom

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 御国 【みくに】 country, Japan

Readings

Japanese names:
こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1500 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3886 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4798 Morohashi
3132 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
956 New Nelson (John Haig)
2988 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2990 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
6015.3 Four corner code
1-52-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
570b Unicode hex code

昭

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
刀 口 日
shining, bright
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
697 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 昭 【ショウ】 nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
  • 昭和 【ショウワ】 Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7), reminiscent of the Shōwa era, Shōwa-nostalgic, old-fashioned, quaint, old-school
  • 昭昭 【ショウショウ】 clear, bright, plain, obvious
  • 遍照 【ヘンジョウ】 universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 かず、 かずみ、 てる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao1
Korean:
so, jo

Spanish

  • luminoso
  • brillante

Portuguese

  • brilhar
  • brilhante

French

  • briller
249 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
331 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
315 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
549 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2114 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
517 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1406 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
841 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
997 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1034 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
867 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
987 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1107 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
602 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
796 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
88 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13855 Morohashi
894 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2446 New Nelson (John Haig)
87 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
91 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3877 2001 Kanji
4c5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
6706.2 Four corner code
1-30-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
662d Unicode hex code