Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
east
Kun:
ひがし
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
  • 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
  • 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
  • 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE

Kun reading compounds

  • 東 【ひがし】 east
  • 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
  • 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong1
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • Este

Portuguese

  • Oriente

French

  • Est
121 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
201 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
184 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
11 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
213 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
27 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
63 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
771 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
71 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
71 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1053 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4385 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
516 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14499 Morohashi
3568 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2596 New Nelson (John Haig)
504 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
543 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
108 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
164 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
0a8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5090.6 Four corner code
1-37-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6771 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
summit, peak
Kun:
みね
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 峰頭 【ホウトウ】 summit of a peak
  • 未踏峰 【ミトウホウ】 unclimbed mountain
  • 高峰 【コウホウ】 high mountain, lofty peak

Kun reading compounds

  • 峰 【みね】 peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade
  • 峰打ち 【みねうち】 striking with the back of the sword
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks
  • 剣ヶ峰 【けんがみね】 rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position
  • 峰々 【みねみね】 peaks

Readings

Japanese names:
ぶ、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • apogeo
  • cumbre
  • cima
  • pico
  • filo (espada)

Portuguese

  • reunião de cúpula
  • pico

French

  • sommet
  • pointe
  • pic
1799 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1369 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1272 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1241 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1351 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1350 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1433 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1848 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
544 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
494 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1576 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8094 Morohashi
411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1562 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1683 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1327 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
2250.4 Four corner code
2775.4 Four corner code
1-42-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf0 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
village, town
Kun:
むら
On:
ソン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
253 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 村 【ムラ】 village
  • 村議会 【ソンギカイ】 village assembly
  • 町村 【チョウソン】 towns and villages
  • 農村 【ノウソン】 agricultural community, farm village, rural

Kun reading compounds

  • 村 【むら】 village
  • 村長 【そんちょう】 village headman, village mayor
  • 選手村 【せんしゅむら】 Olympic village, athlete's village
  • 隣村 【りんそん】 neighboring village, neighbouring village

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 むた、 ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cun1
Korean:
chon

Spanish

  • ciudad
  • pueblo

Portuguese

  • cidade
  • aldeia

French

  • village
  • ville
107 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
62 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
52 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
210 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2191 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
154 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
196 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
191 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
191 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
364 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1073 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1029 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
212 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14464 Morohashi
834 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 New Nelson (John Haig)
208 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
221 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
65 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1848 2001 Kanji
4a3.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
4490.0 Four corner code
1-34-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6751 Unicode hex code