Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
cherry
Kun:
さくら
On:
オウヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 桜花 【オウカ】 cherry blossom
  • 桜花学園大学 【オウカガクエンダイガク】 Ohkagakuen University
  • 観桜 【カンオウ】 cherry blossom viewing

Kun reading compounds

  • 桜 【さくら】 cherry tree, cherry blossom, fake buyer, paid audience, shill, seat filler, hired applauder, horse meat
  • 桜花 【おうか】 cherry blossom
  • 左近の桜 【さこんのさくら】 cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
aeng

Spanish

  • cerezo
  • flor de cerezo

Portuguese

  • cerejeira

French

  • cerisier du Japon
653 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1036 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1121 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2256 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1050 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1434 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1373 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
928 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
952 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1087 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1168 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
632 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1951 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14796P Morohashi
931 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664 New Nelson (John Haig)
1932 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2082 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
708 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1869 2001 Kanji
4a6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4994.4 Four corner code
4294.4 Four corner code
1-26-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
685c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code

21 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 爛 【ラン】 brilliant, bright
  • 爛柯 【ランカ】 go (board game), being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time, being so engrossed in an activity that one loses track of time
  • 絢爛 【ケンラン】 gorgeous, brilliant, dazzling, ornate, gaudy, flowery
  • 腐乱 【フラン】 decomposition, ulceration

Kun reading compounds

  • 爛れる 【ただれる】 to be sore, to be inflamed, to be bleary, to fester, to be dissipated, to be dissolute, to indulge in

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan4
Korean:
ran

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2820 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2913 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1427 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19604 Morohashi
1110 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3507 New Nelson (John Haig)
4d17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-17 SKIP code
1-1-20 SKIP code
9782.0 Four corner code
1-64-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
721b Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained, in spite of oneself, corrupt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1408 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漫画家 【マンガカ】 cartoonist, comic book artist, manga artist, manga author, mangaka
  • 漫画 【マンガ】 cartoon, comic, comic strip, manga
  • 海漫 【カイマン】 ocean, large sea
  • 浪漫 【ロウマン】 romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale, (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit, great undertaking, epic adventure, (full-length) novel, romance, love affair, romanticism

Kun reading compounds

  • 妄りに 【みだりに】 without authority, without reason, unnecessarily, recklessly, indiscriminately, arbitrarily
  • 漫ろ 【そぞろ】 restless, on edge (and unable to concentrate), distracted, for some reason
  • そぞろ歩き 【そぞろあるき】 slow, relaxed walk, stroll

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man4, man2
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • involuntariamente
  • relajado
  • flojo

Portuguese

  • desenho animado
  • involuntariamente
  • no interesse de a si próprio
  • corrompido

French

  • manga
  • imprécis
  • involontaire
  • à contre-coeur
  • corrompre
1838 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1350 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1497 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1411 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1500 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
652 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1246 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
838 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18166 Morohashi
700 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3308 New Nelson (John Haig)
830 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
893 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1715 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a11.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3614.7 Four corner code
1-44-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f2b Unicode hex code