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日

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
ひ、 -び、 -か
On:
ニチ、 ジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code

光

6 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
一 儿 尚
Variants:
灮 炗
ray, light
Kun:
ひか.る、 ひかり
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 光学 【コウガク】 optics
  • 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
  • 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
  • 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

Kun reading compounds

  • 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
  • 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
  • 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
  • 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
  • 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
116 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
417 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3043 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1350 Morohashi
2391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 New Nelson (John Haig)
119 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
345 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1057 2001 Kanji
3n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
9021.1 Four corner code
1-24-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5149 Unicode hex code

杉

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
彡 木
Variants:
檆
cedar, cryptomeria
Kun:
すぎ
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 老杉 【ロウサン】 old cryptomeria

Kun reading compounds

  • 杉 【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
  • 杉戸 【すぎど】 door made of cedar
  • 台杉 【だいすぎ】 coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
  • 神代杉 【じんだいすぎ】 lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1, sha1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • cedro

Portuguese

  • cedro

French

  • cèdre
  • cryptomère
1467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
910 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1941 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1418 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
425 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1872 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2033 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1072 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1027 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
557 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
737 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1729 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14452 Morohashi
832 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562 New Nelson (John Haig)
1713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1136 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1860 2001 Kanji
4a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
4292.2 Four corner code
1-31-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6749 Unicode hex code

並

8 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 并
Variants:
竝 傡
row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
Kun:
な.み、 なみ、 なら.べる、 なら.ぶ、 なら.びに
On:
ヘイ、 ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
599 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 併用 【ヘイヨウ】 combined use, using together (with), using jointly, using at the same time
  • 並行 【ヘイコウ】 going side-by-side, going abreast, running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with

Kun reading compounds

  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並べる 【ならべる】 to line up, to set up, to arrange in a line, to enumerate, to itemize, to be equal (to), to compare well (with), to be as good (as)
  • 並ぶ 【ならぶ】 to line up, to stand in a line, to rival, to match, to equal
  • 並びに 【ならびに】 and (also), both ... and, as well as

Readings

Japanese names:
なび
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • alinear
  • corriente
  • normal
  • ordinario
  • alinearse
  • estar alineado

Portuguese

  • fila
  • e
  • além disso
  • assim como
  • faz fila
  • classifica com
  • rival
  • igual

French

  • rangée
  • et
  • en outre
  • de plus
  • faire la queue
  • mettre en rang
  • rival
  • égal
977 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1775 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
716 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
998 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
765 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
1165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1222 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
221 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
764 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2793 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1802 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
54 Morohashi
2246 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 New Nelson (John Haig)
1785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1924 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
873 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
974 2001 Kanji
2o6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.2 Four corner code
1-42-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e26 Unicode hex code

木

4 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木
tree, wood
Kun:
き、 こ-
On:
ボク、 モク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code