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比

4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete 比
Parts:
比
Variants:
夶
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code

叡

16 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
ハ 冖 卜 又 目
Variants:
睿 壡
intelligence, imperial
Kun:
あき.らか
On:
エイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 英知 【エイチ】 wisdom, intelligence, sagacity
  • 叡王 【エイオウ】 Eiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rui4
Korean:
ye

Spanish

  • inteligente
  • angelical
  • imperial

Portuguese

French

865 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2555 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2032 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2405 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3214 Morohashi
1910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
683 New Nelson (John Haig)
2905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2914 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2h14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-14-2 SKIP code
2764.0 Four corner code
1-17-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e1 Unicode hex code

山

3 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サン、 セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

焼

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
儿 十 火
Variants:
燒
bake, burning
Kun:
や.く、 や.き、 や.き-、 -や.き、 や.ける
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 焼死 【ショウシ】 death by fire
  • 焼却 【ショウキャク】 incineration, destroy by fire
  • 半焼 【ハンショウ】 partial destruction by fire
  • 延焼 【エンショウ】 spread of fire

Kun reading compounds

  • 焼く 【やく】 to burn, to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue, to heat, to heat up, to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn, to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn, to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc), to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy
  • 焼き 【やき】 cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying, heating, tempering, -ware
  • 焼肉 【やきにく】 yakiniku, Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue, roasted meat, grill
  • お好み焼き 【おこのみやき】 okonomiyaki, savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
  • たこ焼き 【たこやき】 takoyaki, octopus dumplings
  • 焼ける 【やける】 to burn, to burn down, to go down in flames, to be roasted, to be thoroughly cooked, to be sunburnt, to fade (in the sun), to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset), to become hot (from the sun), to be jealous, to be envious

Readings

Japanese names:
やい、 やき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • quemar
  • asar
  • hornear
  • quemarse
  • asarse
  • estar bronceado

Portuguese

  • assar
  • queimar

French

  • griller
  • brûler
434 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
539 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
509 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2772 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
671 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
717 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1588 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
920 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
218 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1268 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
681 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1208 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19166P Morohashi
997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3438 New Nelson (John Haig)
1200 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1284 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
590 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1157 2001 Kanji
4d8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
1-1-11 SKIP code
9481.1 Four corner code
1-30-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
713c Unicode hex code

討

10 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
寸 言
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
Kun:
う.つ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 討論 【トウロン】 debate, discussion
  • 討議 【トウギ】 debate, discussion
  • 征討 【セイトウ】 subjugation, conquest
  • 追討 【ツイトウ】 tracking down and killing, punitive expedition

Kun reading compounds

  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao3
Korean:
to

Spanish

  • disparar
  • atacar
  • asaltar
  • investigar
  • vengar

Portuguese

  • castigar
  • atacar
  • derrotar
  • destruir
  • conquistar

French

  • débat
  • châtier
  • attaquer
  • vaincre
  • conquérir
  • détruire
849 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
956 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
945 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
466 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4316 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
642 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1740 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1018 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
946 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1846 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
977 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
346 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35231 Morohashi
1456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5561 New Nelson (John Haig)
340 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
364 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
910 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
0460.0 Four corner code
1-38-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a0e Unicode hex code

年

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle 干
Parts:
一 ノ 干 乞
Variants:
秊
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code