Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
pine tree
Kun:
まつ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine

Kun reading compounds

  • 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
  • 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • pino

Portuguese

  • pinheiro

French

  • pin
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
215 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2212 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
970 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1075 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14516 Morohashi
864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 New Nelson (John Haig)
785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
483 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1871 2001 Kanji
4a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4893.2 Four corner code
1-30-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
677e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mount, hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 岡陵 【コウリョウ】 hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡三 【おかさん】 Okasan
  • 盛岡 【もりおか】 Morioka (city in Iwate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • monte
  • colina
  • cima de una colina

Portuguese

French

  • mont
  • colline
  • butte
370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
987 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7962 Morohashi
2997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 New Nelson (John Haig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-18-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca1 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
ease, peace
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
760 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 康安 【コウアン】 Kōan era (of the Northern Court; 1361.3.29-1362.9.23)
  • 康永 【コウエイ】 Kōei era (of the Northern Court; 1342.4.27-1345.10.21)
  • 小康 【ショウコウ】 lull, breathing spell, respite, remission (of an illness), becoming stable
  • 安康 【アンコウ】 calm and peaceful period of time

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 こ、 みち、 やす、 やすし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • tranquilo
  • calmado
  • sano

Portuguese

  • facilidade
  • paz

French

  • tranquille
  • paisible
608 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
506 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
480 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1518 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
860 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1509 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
916 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1054 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
592 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1994 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9376 Morohashi
3124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 New Nelson (John Haig)
1159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
565 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
542 2001 Kanji
3q8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0023.2 Four corner code
1-25-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb7 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
stretch
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暢達 【チョウタツ】 fluency, facileness
  • 伸長 【シンチョウ】 expansion, extension, elongation, stretching

Readings

Japanese names:
いたる、 のぶ、 のぶる、 なが、 とうる、 とおる、 のり、 まさ、 みつる、 よう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang4
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • estirar
  • alargar

Portuguese

French

119 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1967 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2111 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2097 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1569 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1134 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14095 Morohashi
1226 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2506 New Nelson (John Haig)
2885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2895 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
5602.7 Four corner code
1-36-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66a2 Unicode hex code