Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny
Parts:
infancy, childhood
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1227 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幼 【ヨウ】 infancy, childhood, infant, child
  • 幼少 【ヨウショウ】 infancy, childhood, tender age
  • 長幼 【チョウヨウ】 young and old
  • 老幼 【ロウヨウ】 old and young

Kun reading compounds

  • 幼い 【おさない】 very young, little, childish, immature
  • 幼い頃 【おさないころ】 when one was a very young child, very early in one's life

Readings

Japanese names:
うぶ、 わか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • infancia
  • niñez
  • infantil
  • aniñado
  • inocente

Portuguese

  • infância

French

  • enfance
  • tendre enfance
996 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
985 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1099 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1495 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1334 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
505 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
428 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1293 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1099 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
140 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1390 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9193 Morohashi
191 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599 New Nelson (John Haig)
1378 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1478 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
838 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2745 2001 Kanji
2g3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
2472.7 Four corner code
1-45-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7c Unicode hex code

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

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 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:
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

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
wash, inquire into, probe
Kun:
あら.う
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1168 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 洗 【セン】 washing machine, (clothes) washer
  • 洗剤 【センザイ】 detergent, cleanser, cleaning agent, washing material
  • 水洗 【スイセン】 washing with water, rinsing, flushing
  • 杯洗 【ハイセン】 small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed

Kun reading compounds

  • 洗う 【あらう】 to wash, to cleanse, to rinse, to inquire into, to investigate, to purify (one's heart), to lave (e.g. shore), to wash over (e.g. deck), to sweep

Readings

Japanese names:
あらい、 らい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
se, seon

Spanish

  • lavar
  • limpiar
  • aclarar
  • investigar
  • indagar

Portuguese

  • lavar
  • indagar
  • sondar

French

  • laver
  • fouiller
  • examiner
927 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
916 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
626 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2551 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
925 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
210 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
817 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
692 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1189 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
255 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17379 Morohashi
388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3131 New Nelson (John Haig)
249 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
264 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
888 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3411.1 Four corner code
1-32-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d17 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
On:
レイライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
  • 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
  • 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
  • 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
  • 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
  • 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
  • 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
  • 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
rye

Spanish

  • saludo
  • reverencia
  • cortesía
  • gracias

Portuguese

  • saudação
  • reverência
  • cerimônia
  • agradecimento
  • remuneração

French

  • salut
  • courbette
  • cérémonie
  • remerciements
  • rémunération
337 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
436 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
413 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
983 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
770 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.13 Japanese for Busy People
620 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
630 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
822 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1417 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1012 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
547 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1096 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24626P Morohashi
818 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4061 New Nelson (John Haig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1168 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
262 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
656 2001 Kanji
4e1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-1 SKIP code
3221.0 Four corner code
1-46-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793c Unicode hex code