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改

7 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
已 乞 攵
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
Kun:
あらた.める、 あらた.まる
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 改 【カイ】 revision
  • 改革 【カイカク】 reform, reformation, reorganization
  • 更改 【コウカイ】 renewal, extension, revision
  • 契約更改 【ケイヤクコウカイ】 contract renewal

Kun reading compounds

  • 改める 【あらためる】 to change, to alter, to revise, to replace, to reform, to correct, to mend, to improve, to examine, to check, to inspect, to do properly, to do formally
  • 改まる 【あらたまる】 to be renewed, to change, to be improved, to be reformed, to be revised, to be corrected, to stand on ceremony, to be formal, to take a turn for the worse (of an illness), to take a serious turn

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gai3
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • reforma
  • cambio
  • investigación
  • cambiar
  • reformar
  • renovar
  • revisar
  • investigar

Portuguese

  • reforma
  • mudança
  • modificar
  • umsertar
  • renovar
  • examinar
  • inspecionar
  • pesquisar

French

  • réforme
  • changer
  • modifier
  • améliorer
  • renouveler
  • examiner
  • inspecter
  • chercher
359 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
458 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
435 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
294 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1464 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
691 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
584 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
379 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
514 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
523 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
726 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
933 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
534 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13114 Morohashi
243 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2332 New Nelson (John Haig)
528 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
567 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
289 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
475 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3566 2001 Kanji
4i3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
1874.0 Four corner code
1-18-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6539 Unicode hex code

良

7 strokes
Radical:
stopping 艮
Parts:
艮
good, pleasing, skilled
Kun:
よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
501 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 良 【リョウ】 good (quality, condition, etc.), Good (grade), B
  • 良好 【リョウコウ】 good, fine, excellent, favorable, favourable, satisfactory
  • 優良 【ユウリョウ】 superior, excellent, fine
  • 選良 【センリョウ】 member of parliament, the elite

Kun reading compounds

  • 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
  • いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
  • いい塩梅に 【いいあんばいに】 fortunately, luckily
  • いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 なが、 まこと、 よし、 ら、 りょ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • bueno
  • sobresaliente

Portuguese

  • bom
  • agradável
  • hábil

French

  • bon
  • plaisant
  • habile
530 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
628 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
598 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
520 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3885 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
586 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
861 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
767 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
321 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
602 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1642 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4373 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2980 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30597 Morohashi
3558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4954 New Nelson (John Haig)
1468 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1578 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
479 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
492 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
865 2001 Kanji
0a7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-4 SKIP code
3-5-2 SKIP code
3073.2 Four corner code
1-46-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
826f Unicode hex code

型

9 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 ノ 二 刈 土 廾
mould, type, model
Kun:
かた、 -がた
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
482 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 型式 【カタシキ】 model (e.g. of a vehicle), type
  • 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
  • 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique

Kun reading compounds

  • 型 【かた】 type, style, model, pattern, mold, mould, model, pattern, template, impression, kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts), style (in kabuki, noh, etc.), form, convention, tradition, (standard) form, formula, usage, (set) size, inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.), (taxonomical) form
  • 型式 【かたしき】 model (e.g. of a vehicle), type
  • 空手の型 【からてのかた】 kata (in karate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • tipo
  • modelo
  • patrón

Portuguese

  • bolor
  • tipo
  • modelo

French

  • moule
  • modèle
  • type
595 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
493 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
468 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
423 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1077 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
685 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
431 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
888 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
909 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1318 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
353 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3266 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1685 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2292 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
687 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5030 Morohashi
2638 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1010 New Nelson (John Haig)
680 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
735 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
523 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
3b6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
1210.4 Four corner code
1-23-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
578b Unicode hex code

沸

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
｜ ノ 弓 汁
seethe, boil, ferment, uproar, breed
Kun:
わ.く、 わ.かす
On:
フツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1709 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out
  • 沸々 【フツフツ】 simmer, bubble out, flow out

Kun reading compounds

  • 沸く 【わく】 to grow hot (e.g. water), to boil, to get excited (at), to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.), to be in a ferment, to take place energetically, to ferment, to melt (of metal)
  • 沸かす 【わかす】 to boil, to heat (a liquid), to prepare (a bath, hot drink), to excite, to rouse, to stir

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
bi, bul

Spanish

  • hervir
  • cocer

Portuguese

  • borbulhar
  • ferver
  • agitação
  • barulho
  • criar

French

  • bouillonner
  • bouillir
  • fermenter
  • exciter
  • élever
1767 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1707 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2524 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1627 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
670 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1494 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1180 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
387 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1245 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17251 Morohashi
329 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1237 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1325 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1205 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
344 2001 Kanji
3a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3512.7 Four corner code
1-42-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb8 Unicode hex code

騰

20 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
一 二 人 并 大 月 杰 馬
leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going
Kun:
あが.る、 のぼ.る
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1420 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 騰貴 【トウキ】 rise (in price or value), appreciation, advance
  • 騰勢 【トウセイ】 upward trend
  • 反騰 【ハントウ】 reactionary price rise
  • 物価高騰 【ブッカコウトウ】 rise in prices

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
teng2
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • ascender
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • inflação
  • avançar
  • ir

French

  • inflation
  • augmentation
  • avance
1660 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1386 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3834 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1340 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1913 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2867 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1780 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1912 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1913 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1422 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
755 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2008 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44915P Morohashi
1106 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6767 New Nelson (John Haig)
1989 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2144 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1937 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3950 2001 Kanji
4b16.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-16 SKIP code
7922.7 Four corner code
1-38-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9a30 Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

軽

12 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
又 土 車
Variants:
輕
lightly, trifling, unimportant
Kun:
かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる
On:
ケイ、 キョウ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 軽 【ケイ】 light (e.g. aircraft, truck), light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), kei car
  • 軽快 【ケイカイ】 light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy, light-hearted, cheerful, buoyant, jaunty, casual (e.g. clothing), rhythmical (e.g. melody), taking a turn for the better (of an illness), receding of symptoms, recovery, convalescence
  • 軽々 【ケイケイ】 indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously
  • 酌量減軽 【シャクリョウゲンケイ】 reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances
  • 軽忽 【キョウコツ】 indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling
  • 常不軽 【ジョウフキョウ】 Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)
  • 剽軽 【ヒョウキン】 facetious, droll, funny

Kun reading compounds

  • 軽い 【かるい】 light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily), light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile, non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial, slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke), easy, simple, indiscriminate
  • 軽石 【かるいし】 pumice stone
  • 軽やか 【かろやか】 light, easy, non-serious, minor
  • 軽んじる 【かろんじる】 to look down on, to make light of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • ligero
  • insignificante
  • poco serio
  • fácil

Portuguese

  • ligeiramente
  • insignificante
  • sem importância

French

  • léger
  • insignifiant
  • sans importance
387 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
287 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
269 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
650 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4620 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
598 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
258 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1657 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
547 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
556 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
116 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1775 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1909 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1015 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
724 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38281 Morohashi
1515 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5953 New Nelson (John Haig)
717 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
774 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
395 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1572 2001 Kanji
7c5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
5701.4 Four corner code
1-23-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8efd Unicode hex code

炉

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
一 尸 戸 火
Variants:
爐
hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor
Kun:
いろり
On:
ロ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 炉 【ロ】 hearth, fireplace, furnace, kiln
  • 炉心 【ロシン】 nuclear reactor core
  • 原子炉 【ゲンシロ】 atomic reactor, nuclear reactor
  • 高炉 【コウロ】 blast furnace

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu2
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • chimenea
  • horno
  • fundición

Portuguese

  • lareira
  • forno
  • fornalha
  • reator

French

  • fournaise
  • foyer
  • four
  • réacteur
1934 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1414 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2750 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1726 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1511 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1790 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1926 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1802 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1266 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1089 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18902X Morohashi
869 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3403 New Nelson (John Haig)
1080 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1161 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1209 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1160 2001 Kanji
4d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9387.7 Four corner code
9382.7 Four corner code
1-47-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7089 Unicode hex code