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柴

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
匕 木 止
brush, firewood
Kun:
しば
On:
サイ、 シ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1638 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
  • 西貢 【サイゴン】 Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City
  • 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
  • 柴 【シバ】 brushwood, firewood
  • 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog

Kun reading compounds

  • 柴 【しば】 brushwood, firewood
  • 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
  • 火柴 【かしば】 match, lucifer
  • 噛柴 【たむしば】 willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia), anise magnolia

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chai2
Korean:
si, chae

Spanish

  • maleza
  • leña

Portuguese

French

2251 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1221 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2309 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14664X Morohashi
2653 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2657 New Nelson (John Haig)
2044 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2202 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a6.33 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2190.4 Four corner code
1-28-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67f4 Unicode hex code

田

5 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
田
rice field, rice paddy
Kun:
た
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
90 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 田畑 【タハタ】 fields (of rice and other crops)
  • 田園 【デンエン】 the country, countryside, rural districts, cultivated land, fields
  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 水田 【スイデン】 (water-filled) paddy field

Kun reading compounds

  • 田 【た】 rice field
  • 田植え 【たうえ】 rice planting
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt

Readings

Japanese names:
いなか、 おか、 たん、 で、 とう、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • campo de arroz
  • arrozal

Portuguese

  • campo de arroz
  • arroz sem beneficiar

French

  • rizière
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
60 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
59 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
52 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
35 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21723 Morohashi
3041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3727 New Nelson (John Haig)
14 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
14 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
45 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3676 2001 Kanji
5f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-37-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7530 Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

明

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 月
Variants:
朙
bright, light
Kun:
あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
On:
メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
67 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 明 【メイ】 brightness, discernment, insight, an eye (for), eyesight, vision, nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
  • 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
  • 公明 【コウメイ】 fairness, openness, impartiality, Komeito (Japanese political party)
  • 英明 【エイメイ】 intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted
  • 明 【ミョウ】 vidya (wisdom), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.)
  • 明日 【アシタ】 tomorrow, near future
  • 光明 【コウミョウ】 bright light, hope, bright future, light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
  • 内明 【ナイミョウ】 adhyatma vidya (one of the five sciences of ancient India), science of spirituality
  • 明 【ミン】 Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
  • 明楽 【ミンガク】 Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
  • 胡志明 【ホーチミン】 Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Nguyen Tat Thanh, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)

Kun reading compounds

  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明り先 【あかりさき】 source of light
  • 明るい 【あかるい】 light, well-lit, well-lighted, bright (of a colour), brightly-coloured, brightly-colored, cheerful, bright, spirited, sunny (e.g. disposition), encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.), promising, of fair prospects, familiar (with), knowledgeable (about), well versed (in), fair (e.g. politics), clean, impartial
  • 明るむ 【あかるむ】 to brighten, to grow light
  • 明らむ 【あからむ】 to become luminous at dawn (esp. the sky)
  • 明らか 【あきらか】 clear, obvious, evident, plain, definite, bright, light
  • 明らかにする 【あきらかにする】 to make clear, to clarify, to disclose, to make public
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day
  • 明かす 【あかす】 to pass (the night), to spend, to reveal, to divulge, to disclose, to expose, to prove, to verify

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あけ、 あす、 きら、 け、 さや、 さやか、 とし、 はる、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • luz
  • brillo
  • claridad
  • listo
  • inteligente
  • claro
  • luminoso
  • iluminar
  • aclarar

Portuguese

  • brilhante
  • luz

French

  • clair
  • lumière
141 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
228 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
208 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
84 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
58 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
186 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
18 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
106 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
984 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13805 Morohashi
855 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2435 New Nelson (John Haig)
20 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
20 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
167 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3846 2001 Kanji
4c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
6702.0 Four corner code
1-44-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
660e Unicode hex code