Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
love, affection, favourite
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 愛 【アイ】 love, affection, care, attachment, craving, desire, agape, Ireland
  • 愛犬 【アイケン】 pet dog, beloved dog, love of dogs, fondness for dogs
  • 友愛 【ユウアイ】 fraternity, friendship
  • 同性愛 【ドウセイアイ】 homosexuality, homosexual love

Kun reading compounds

  • 愛しい 【いとしい】 lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest, pitiable, pitiful
  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 愛でる 【めでる】 to love, to cherish, to admire, to appreciate
  • 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to be frugal, to be sparing, to value, to hold dear, to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for), to be unwilling, to be reluctant
  • 愛 【まな】 beloved, dear
  • 愛弟子 【まなでし】 favorite pupil, favourite pupil, teacher's pet

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あし、 え、 かな、 なる、 めぐ、 めぐみ、 よし、 ちか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai4
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • amor
  • afecto
  • favorito

Portuguese

  • amor
  • afeição
  • favorito

French

  • amour
  • affection
  • favori
339 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
417 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
436 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2829 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
456 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2018 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
790 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3133 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
745 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10947 Morohashi
2492 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 New Nelson (John Haig)
737 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
796 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
268 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
602 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
4i10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-1-12 SKIP code
2024.7 Four corner code
1-16-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
beautiful woman, princess
Kun:
ひめ
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 才媛 【サイエン】 literary woman, talented woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 愛媛 【えひめ】 Ehime (prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4, yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • mujer bella
  • princesa

Portuguese

French

  • belle femme
  • princesse
1828 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1868 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2047 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1883 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1969 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6516X Morohashi
1244 New Nelson (John Haig)
1950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3e9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4244.7 Four corner code
1-41-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a9b Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
stop
Parts:
广
curriculum, continuation, passage of time
On:
レキレッキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 歴 【レキ】 experience, history, record, career
  • 歴史 【レキシ】 history
  • 略歴 【リャクレキ】 brief personal record, short curriculum vitae, short CV
  • 来歴 【ライレキ】 history, career
  • 歴とした 【レッキトシタ】 accepted, fully-fledged, clear, respectable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeog

Spanish

  • pasar
  • paso del tiempo

Portuguese

  • currículo
  • continuação
  • passagem de tempo

French

  • historique
  • curriculum
  • continuation
  • passage du temps
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
636 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
606 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
692 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
835 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
839 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
654 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2247 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
480 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
489 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
704 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1132 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3748 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
382 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16334P Morohashi
3019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 New Nelson (John Haig)
376 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
402 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
387 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
621 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3373 2001 Kanji
2p12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-12 SKIP code
7121.1 Four corner code
1-46-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b74 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
history, chronicle
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 史 【シ】 history
  • 史家 【シカ】 historian
  • 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
  • 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • historia
  • crónica

Portuguese

  • história
  • crônica

French

  • histoire
  • chronique
411 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
523 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
496 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
91 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
81 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
398 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
317 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3249 Morohashi
3510 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
697 New Nelson (John Haig)
692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
300 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
450 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
0a5.38 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-4 SKIP code
5004.6 Four corner code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-27-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f2 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみあや
On:
ブンモン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
On:
ハクバク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
  • 博物 【ハクブツ】 natural history, wide learning, broad area of learning
  • 文博 【ブンハク】 doctor of literature
  • 医博 【イハク】 doctor of medicine, MD
  • 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
  • 博徒 【バクト】 gambler
  • 賭博 【トバク】 gambling
  • 伝助賭博 【デンスケトバク】 deceptive betting game (such as the shell game), street fraud, trickery, densuke, roulette-like deceptive street gambling

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐれ、 と、 はか、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • Dr. (doctorado, Ph.D.)
  • exposición
  • feria
  • estima
  • ovación
  • vencedor por aclamación

Portuguese

  • Dr.
  • comando
  • estima
  • vencedor por aclamação
  • Ph.D.
  • exposição
  • feira

French

  • docteur
  • ovation
  • estimé
  • exposition
  • foire
  • gain
695 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
593 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
564 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
802 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
787 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
525 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1112 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1534 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
601 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
611 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
249 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
170 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
112 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2761P Morohashi
151 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
621 New Nelson (John Haig)
47 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
48 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
2k10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
4304.6 Four corner code
1-39-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
535a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
thing, object, matter
Kun:
ものもの-
On:
ブツモツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
building, mansion, large building, palace
Kun:
やかたたて
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
613 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 館 【カン】 (large) building, public building, hall
  • 館長 【カンチョウ】 superintendent, director, curator, chief librarian
  • 在外公館 【ザイガイコウカン】 diplomatic mission, overseas diplomatic establishment
  • 公館 【コウカン】 official residence

Kun reading compounds

  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
  • 夏館 【なつやかた】 villa arranged appropriately for summer, mansion arranged appropriately for summer
  • 恐怖の館 【きょうふのやかた】 house of horrors
  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

Readings

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

Spanish

  • edificio
  • mansión

Portuguese

  • edifício
  • mansão
  • edifício grande
  • palácio

French

  • bâtiment
  • grand bâtiment
  • résidence
  • palais
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5174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
319 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
280 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
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327 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
330 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1909 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
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1562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1490 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
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6701 New Nelson (John Haig)
1478 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1589 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
436 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
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