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性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

肉

6 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
人 冂 肉
meat
Kun:
しし
On:
ニク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
986 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 肉 【ニク】 flesh, meat, flesh (of a fruit), pulp, the physical body (as opposed to the spirit), flesh, thickness, content, substance, flesh, ink pad
  • 肉親 【ニクシン】 blood relationship, blood relative
  • 食肉 【ショクニク】 meat (for consumption)
  • 中肉 【チュウニク】 medium build, meat of medium quality

Kun reading compounds

  • 肉 【しし】 flesh (esp. of an animal), meat
  • 肉合い 【ししあい】 fleshiness, plumpness
  • 鹿 【かのしし】 venison, deer
  • 脯 【ほしし】 dried meat, jerky

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rou4
Korean:
yug, yu

Spanish

  • carne

Portuguese

  • carne

French

  • chair
  • viande
297 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
365 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
779 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3724 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
533 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
223 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
561 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1010 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3966 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2042 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1031 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29236 Morohashi
3200 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4753 New Nelson (John Haig)
1022 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
134 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1653 2001 Kanji
2a4.20 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-2 SKIP code
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-2-4 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-38-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8089 Unicode hex code

芽

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 牙
bud, sprout, spear, germ
Kun:
め
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 芽球 【ガキュウ】 gemmule, blast (cell)
  • 芽殖孤虫 【ガショクコチュウ】 Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
  • 発芽 【ハツガ】 germination, sprouting, budding
  • 無性芽 【ムセイガ】 gemma

Kun reading compounds

  • 芽 【め】 sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
  • 目出度い 【めでたい】 happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive
  • 若芽 【わかめ】 sprouts, new shoots, young buds
  • 脇芽 【わきめ】 axillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds, suckers

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 めぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2, di2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • brote
  • germen

Portuguese

  • botão
  • broto
  • brotar
  • germe (planta)

French

  • bourgeon
  • pousse
  • brin
  • germe
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
457 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1676 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
709 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1697 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1455 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1549 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1835 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
645 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2784 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1429 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1924 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30860P Morohashi
2240 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5002 New Nelson (John Haig)
1905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2054 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
497 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1947 2001 Kanji
3k5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4424.1 Four corner code
1-18-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82bd Unicode hex code

腫

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
｜ ノ 日 月 里
tumor, swelling
Kun:
は.れる、 は.れ、 は.らす、 はれもの
On:
シュ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2145 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 腫 【シュ】 tumor, tumour
  • 腫瘍 【シュヨウ】 tumor, tumour, neoplasm, neoplasia
  • 奇形腫 【キケイシュ】 teratoma, teratocarcinoma, teratoid tumor
  • 神経腫 【シンケイシュ】 neuroma
  • 疽腫 【ソショウ】 swelling, boil

Kun reading compounds

  • 腫れる 【はれる】 to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen
  • 腫れ 【はれ】 swelling, boil
  • 腫れる 【はれる】 to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen
  • 腫らす 【はらす】 to cause to swell, to inflame
  • 腫れ物 【はれもの】 tumor, tumour, swelling, boil, abscess
  • 腫れ物扱い 【はれものあつかい】 treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them), handling with kid gloves, treating gingerly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong3
Korean:
jong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3797 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2106 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1310 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29697 Morohashi
4848 New Nelson (John Haig)
2467 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1807 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7221.4 Four corner code
1-28-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
816b Unicode hex code

血

6 strokes
Radical:
blood 血
Parts:
皿 血
blood
Kun:
ち
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 血液 【ケツエキ】 blood
  • 血圧 【ケツアツ】 blood pressure
  • 脳出血 【ノウシュッケツ】 cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage
  • 熱血 【ネッケツ】 hot blood, warm blood, zeal, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, enthusiasm

Kun reading compounds

  • 血 【ち】 blood, blood, ancestry, lineage, stock, (the) blood, feelings, passions
  • 血筋 【ちすじ】 lineage, stock, descent, strain, blood relationship
  • 黄色い血 【きいろいち】 blood low in blood cells (caused by frequent blood donations), yellow blood
  • 生き血 【いきち】 lifeblood

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie3, xue4
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • sangre
  • consanguinidad

Portuguese

  • sangue

French

  • sang
389 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
288 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
270 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
637 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4205 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
344 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
789 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
803 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1611 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4339 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1460 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33964 Morohashi
3526 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1448 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
489 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
874 2001 Kanji
5h1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2710.0 Four corner code
1-23-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8840 Unicode hex code

管

14 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
｜ 口 宀 竹 乞
pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
Kun:
くだ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 管 【カン】 pipe, tube
  • 管轄 【カンカツ】 jurisdiction, control
  • 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
  • 移管 【イカン】 transfer of control

Kun reading compounds

  • 管 【かん】 pipe, tube
  • 管狐 【くだぎつね】 kuda-gitsune, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses, stoat
  • 手練手管 【てれんてくだ】 wiles, art of coaxing
  • 手管 【てくだ】 wiles, trick, artifice, coquetry

Readings

Japanese names:
すが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan3
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • tubería
  • tubo
  • caño
  • control
  • controlar
  • administrar

Portuguese

  • flauta
  • tubo
  • instrumento de sopro
  • conversa de bêbados

French

  • tuyau
  • tube
  • instrument à vent
  • discours d'ivrogne
  • gestion
573 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
466 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
443 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
519 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3416 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
328 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
539 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1484 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3349 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26162 Morohashi
2701 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4317 New Nelson (John Haig)
1273 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1365 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
6f8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2-9-5 SKIP code
8877.7 Four corner code
1-20-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ba1 Unicode hex code

炎

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
火
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code