Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
willow
Kun:
やなぎ
On:
ヨウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1815 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 柳 【ヤナギ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
  • 楊弓 【ヨウキュウ】 small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
  • 垂楊 【スイヨウ】 weeping willow
  • 箱柳 【ハコヤナギ】 Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

Kun reading compounds

  • 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
  • 箱柳 【はこやなぎ】 Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
  • 泥の木 【どろのき】 Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

Readings

Japanese names:
やな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • sauce

Portuguese

French

2321 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1898 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2122 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
933 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15112 Morohashi
2784 New Nelson (John Haig)
2473 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2539 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4692.7 Four corner code
1-45-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
694a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
Kun:
むね
On:
シュウソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
997 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 宗 【シュウ】 sect, denomination, tenets (of a religious sect)
  • 宗教 【シュウキョウ】 religion, religious affiliation, belief, faith, creed, religious activity
  • 浄土真宗 【ジョウドシンシュウ】 Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect), True Pure Land School
  • 浄土宗 【ジョウドシュウ】 Pure Land sect (of Buddhism), Jodo (sect)
  • 宗 【ソウ】 origin, source, virtuous ancestor
  • 宗家 【ソウケ】 head of family, originator
  • 大宗 【タイソウ】 leading figure, foundation
  • 皇宗 【コウソウ】 imperial ancestors

Kun reading compounds

  • 旨 【むね】 principle, aim, main purpose, central part, pillar, purport, gist, drift, meaning, instructions, orders, intention, wishes
  • 正宗 【まさむね】 famous sword, sword blade by Masamune, sake, Japanese rice wine, brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
  • 独眼竜政宗 【どくがんりゅうまさむね】 Dokuganryū Masamune (NHK Taiga drama, 1987)

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 し、 そ、 そお、 たか、 とし、 のり、 ひろ、 むな、 もと、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zong1
Korean:
jong

Spanish

  • enseñanzas religiosas
  • fundamento
  • origen

Portuguese

  • religião
  • seita
  • denominação
  • ponto principal
  • origem
  • essência

French

  • religion
  • secte
  • confession
  • point principal
  • origine
  • essence
805 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
899 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
889 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1023 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1294 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
248 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1206 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
679 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
616 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
626 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
816 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
471 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2769 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1419 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1109 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7106 Morohashi
2228 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 New Nelson (John Haig)
1100 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
865 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
741 2001 Kanji
3m5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3090.1 Four corner code
1-29-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b97 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
horizontal, woof, left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction
Kun:
よこいとぬき
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1430 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 横糸 【ヨコイト】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
  • 緯度 【イド】 latitude (nav.)
  • 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
  • 経緯 【ケイイ】 details, particulars, sequence of events, circumstances, situation, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof

Kun reading compounds

  • 横糸 【よこいと】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
  • 横糸 【よこいと】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
  • 経緯 【たてぬき】 warp and weft, warp and woof

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei3
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • latitud
  • paralelo de latitud

Portuguese

  • horizontal
  • trama
  • esquerda & direita
  • latitude

French

  • horizontal
  • trame (tissage)
  • gauche et droite
  • latitude
1009 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1680 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3579 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1636 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1640 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2744 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1054 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1097 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1570 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1554 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1782 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1285 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1660 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27682 Morohashi
1407 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4566 New Nelson (John Haig)
1645 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1774 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1843 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2755 2001 Kanji
6a10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
2495.6 Four corner code
1-16-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7def Unicode hex code