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根

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木 艮
root, radical, head (pimple)
Kun:
ね、 -ね
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
  • 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
  • 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
  • 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb

Kun reading compounds

  • 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
  • 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
  • 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
  • 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gen1
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • raíz matemática
  • perseverancia
  • raíz

Portuguese

  • raiz
  • radical
  • verruga

French

  • racine
  • radical
  • point noir (acné)
216 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
298 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
282 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
535 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2261 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
425 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
632 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
314 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
974 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1092 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1167 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1473 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14745 Morohashi
930 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2670 New Nelson (John Haig)
1461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
390 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
355 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1865 2001 Kanji
4a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4793.2 Four corner code
1-26-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6839 Unicode hex code

来

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ 二 亠 木 米
Variants:
來
come, due, next, cause, become
Kun:
く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
On:
ライ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
102 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 来 【ライ】 next (year, spring, etc.), coming, since (e.g. last month), for (e.g. 20 years)
  • 来客 【ライキャク】 visitor, caller
  • 在来 【ザイライ】 pre-existing, already there, conventional
  • 再来 【サイライ】 return, coming back, second coming (e.g. of Christ), second advent, reincarnation

Kun reading compounds

  • 来る 【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
  • 来る年 【くるとし】 the coming year
  • 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
  • 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
  • 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
  • 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
  • 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
  • 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
  • 来合わせる 【きあわせる】 to happen to come along
  • 来掛かる 【きかかる】 to happen to come
  • 不出来 【ふでき】 bad job, poor workmanship, bungle
  • 行ってき 【いってき】 bye, see ya (afterwards), have fun, get going, now
  • 来い 【こい】 come!, come on!
  • 来し方 【きしかた】 the past

Readings

Japanese names:
くり、 くる、 ごろ、 さ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai2
Korean:
rae

Spanish

  • venir
  • llegar
  • acercarse
  • aproximarse

Portuguese

  • Vir
  • devido
  • próximo
  • causa
  • tornar-se

French

  • venir
  • dû à
  • suivant
  • causer
  • devenir
147 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
237 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
217 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
113 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
202 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
25 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
62 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
69 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
36 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4366 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2975 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1902 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14489 Morohashi
3551 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2565 New Nelson (John Haig)
1884 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2029 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
27 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
153 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1464 2001 Kanji
0a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5090.0 Four corner code
1-45-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6765 Unicode hex code

塗

13 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 亅 个 ハ 土 汁 木
paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating
Kun:
ぬ.る、 ぬ.り、 まみ.れる
On:
ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 塗料 【トリョウ】 paints, painting material
  • 塗装 【トソウ】 coating, painting
  • 道途 【ドウト】 road
  • 糊塗 【コト】 patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over

Kun reading compounds

  • 塗る 【ぬる】 to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)
  • 塗り 【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
  • 塗り替える 【ぬりかえる】 to repaint, to paint again, to paint (a different colour), to change completely, to break (a record), to redraw (e.g. the map), to remake
  • 春慶塗 【しゅんけいぬり】 Shunkei lacquerware, lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
  • 中塗り 【なかぬり】 intermediate coat of paint or lacquer, second coat
  • 塗れる 【まみれる】 to be smeared, to be covered

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • pintar
  • embadurnar
  • untar
  • laquear
  • recubrir

Portuguese

  • pintura
  • gesso
  • emplastar
  • untar
  • cobertura

French

  • peinture
  • peindre
  • tartiner
  • barbouiller
  • enduire
  • recouvrir
1637 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1333 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1124 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1759 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
438 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2038 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1073 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1121 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
360 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3523 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1679 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5338 Morohashi
2841 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1074 New Nelson (John Haig)
1663 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1792 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1615 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372 2001 Kanji
3b10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-3 SKIP code
4416.3 Four corner code
3810.4 Four corner code
1-37-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5857 Unicode hex code