Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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

6 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
sweat, perspire
Kun:
あせ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1502 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 汗 【カン】 khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
  • 汗顔 【カンガン】 ashamed
  • 成吉思汗 【ジンギスカン】 jingisukan, grilled mutton and vegetable dish, slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)
  • 大汗 【タイカン】 Great Khan, Grand Khan

Kun reading compounds

  • 汗 【あせ】 sweat, perspiration, moisture, condensation, gulp, oops
  • 汗だく 【あせだく】 dripping with sweat, bathed in perspiration
  • 滝汗 【たきあせ】 profuse sweating
  • 手汗 【てあせ】 palm sweat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han4, han2
Korean:
han

Spanish

  • sudor
  • transpiración

Portuguese

  • suar
  • transpirar

French

  • sueur
  • transpirer
1094 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1434 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2493 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
665 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
248 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1188 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1247 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
507 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1159 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1666 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17130 Morohashi
220 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3046 New Nelson (John Haig)
1651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1780 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1084 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3114.0 Four corner code
1-20-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c57 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
can, passable, approval
Kun:
-べ.き-べ.し
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
314 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 可 【カ】 acceptable, satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval, being in favour, (a) vote in favour, aye, Pass (grade), Fair, C, D
  • 可決 【カケツ】 approval, adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.), passage
  • 裁可 【サイカ】 sanction, approval
  • 不裁可 【フサイカ】 veto, rejection

Readings

Japanese names:
よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke3, ke4
Korean:
ga, geug

Spanish

  • bueno
  • aprobación
  • posible
  • poder hacer

Portuguese

  • aceitável
  • não deve não
  • faz

French

  • possible
  • acceptable
  • ne doit pas
  • ne pas, négatif
744 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
655 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
816 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
510 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
24 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
253 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
397 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
165 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
388 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
314 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
94 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3245 Morohashi
2969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
701 New Nelson (John Haig)
93 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
97 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
463 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
647 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3149 2001 Kanji
3d2.12 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1062.0 Four corner code
1-18-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53ef Unicode hex code