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森

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木
forest, woods
Kun:
もり
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 森林 【シンリン】 forest, woods
  • 森閑 【シンカン】 silent, still, quiet, hushed
  • 森々 【シンシン】 dense with trees, deeply forested

Kun reading compounds

  • 森 【もり】 forest, shrine grove
  • 森青蛙 【もりあおがえる】 forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)
  • どう森 【どうもり】 Animal Crossing (video game series) (abbr)
  • 青森 【あおもり】 Aomori (city, prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sen1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • bosque

Portuguese

  • floresta
  • mata

French

  • forêt
  • bois
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
38 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
532 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2301 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
152 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
198 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1735 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
128 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
128 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
460 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1063 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1602 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
201 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14974 Morohashi
2475 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2749 New Nelson (John Haig)
197 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
209 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a8.39 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
4099.4 Four corner code
1-31-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68ee Unicode hex code

川

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

拓

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
口 扎 石
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
  • 拓銀 【タクギン】 Takushoku Bank
  • 干拓 【カンタク】 land reclamation (from sea)
  • 未開拓 【ミカイタク】 undeveloped (area), unexplored (field of study), wild (areas), untapped area

Kun reading compounds

  • 拓く 【ひらく】 to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo4, ta4
Korean:
cheog, tag

Spanish

  • aclarar
  • despejar la tierra
  • calcar

Portuguese

  • limpar (a terra)
  • abrir
  • abrir (terra)

French

  • défricher
  • conquête (terrain)
1554 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1415 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1873 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11958 Morohashi
317 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 New Nelson (John Haig)
651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
3c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5106.0 Four corner code
1-34-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d3 Unicode hex code

巳

3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
已
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
み
On:
シ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 巳 【ミ】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丁巳 【ヒノトミ】 Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
  • 上巳 【ジョウシ】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival

Kun reading compounds

  • 巳 【み】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 巳年 【みどし】 year of the Snake
  • 上巳 【じょうし】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival
  • 辰巳 【たつみ】 southeast

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • signo de la serpiente
  • sexto signo del zodíaco
  • serpiente

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 6ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Serpent (zodiaque)
  • 9 à 11 heures du matin
1697 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1460 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1944 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2060 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4197 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2124 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2063 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8744 Morohashi
3388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1538 New Nelson (John Haig)
2042 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2200 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a3.16 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-1-2 SKIP code
7771.7 Four corner code
1-44-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df3 Unicode hex code