Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Kun:
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 陽 【ヨウ】 (the) positive, yang (in Chinese divination), the open, visible place, public place
  • 陽気 【ヨウキ】 cheerful, jovial, merry, lively, weather, season, spirit of yang
  • 山陽 【サンヨウ】 south side of a mountain, Sanyo district
  • 陰陽 【インヨウ】 cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 陽 【ひ】 sun, sunshine, sunlight
  • 日差し 【ひざし】 sunlight, rays of the Sun

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 あけ、 はる、 ひろ、 やん、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • positivo
  • masculino

Portuguese

  • brilho do sol
  • princípio do yang
  • positivo
  • masculino
  • paraíso
  • dia

French

  • Yang
  • soleil
  • éclat solaire
  • positif
  • mâle
  • paradis
  • journée
527 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
429 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
406 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
990 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5012 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
753 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
989 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1567 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
630 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
747 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
764 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1309 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41725 Morohashi
626 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6470 New Nelson (John Haig)
1300 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
413 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3651 2001 Kanji
2d9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-45-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
967d Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
  • 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
  • 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
  • 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions

Kun reading compounds

  • 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
  • 放つ 【はなつ】 to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
  • 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
  • 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
  • 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished

Readings

Japanese names:
はなれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang4
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dejar libre
  • soltar
  • liberar
  • emitir
  • separarse
  • abandonar

Portuguese

  • libertar
  • liberação
  • fogo
  • disparar
  • emitir
  • banir
  • liberar

French

  • libérer
  • relâcher
  • renvoyer
  • enflammer
  • bannir
  • émettre
512 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
414 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
391 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
282 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2084 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
287 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
585 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
606 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
512 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
723 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
935 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1058 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
570 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
507 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13133 Morohashi
853 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2333 New Nelson (John Haig)
496 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
325 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
314 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4h4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-42-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653e Unicode hex code

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
escort, send
Kun:
おく.る
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 送球 【ソウキュウ】 throwing a ball, handball
  • 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
  • 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial
  • 移送 【イソウ】 transfer, transport, transportation

Kun reading compounds

  • 送る 【おくる】 to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit, to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person), to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury, to spend (time), to live one's life, to pass (down the line), to affix okurigana

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song4
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • enviar
  • remitir
  • expedir

Portuguese

  • acompanhante
  • enviar

French

  • escorter
  • envoyer
268 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
349 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
331 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
220 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
192 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
260 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
441 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
447 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3837 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2035 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38842P Morohashi
3093 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6039 New Nelson (John Haig)
2016 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2172 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
440 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2q6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
3830.3 Four corner code
1-33-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9001 Unicode hex code