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淑

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
卜 又 小 汁
graceful, gentle, pure
Kun:
しと.やか
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1922 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 淑徳 【シュクトク】 womanly virtues
  • 淑女 【シュクジョ】 lady, (female) pervert
  • 貞淑 【テイシュク】 chastity, virtue, fidelity, feminine modesty
  • 私淑 【シシュク】 looking up to a person as one's own master or model, being influenced by a person through his works, idolizing

Kun reading compounds

  • 淑やか 【しとやか】 graceful, ladylike, modest, gentle, polite, quiet, well-mannered, refined (behavior)

Readings

Japanese names:
すく、 とし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu2, shu1
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • gracioso
  • gentil
  • puro

Portuguese

  • gracioso
  • puro
  • suave

French

  • gracieux
  • doux
  • pur
1368 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1857 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2592 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1487 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1478 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1668 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1783 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1767 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1210 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
639 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
483 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
728 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17634 Morohashi
527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3191 New Nelson (John Haig)
721 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
778 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1456 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3714.0 Four corner code
1-29-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6dd1 Unicode hex code

媛

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
ノ 又 女 爪
beautiful woman, princess
Kun:
ひめ
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 才媛 【サイエン】 literary woman, talented woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 愛媛 【えひめ】 Ehime (prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4, yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • mujer bella
  • princesa

Portuguese

French

  • belle femme
  • princesse
1828 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1868 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2047 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1883 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1969 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6516X Morohashi
1244 New Nelson (John Haig)
1950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3e9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4244.7 Four corner code
1-41-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a9b Unicode hex code

李

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
子 木
plum
Kun:
すもも
On:
リ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 李花 【リカ】 plum blossoms
  • 李下 【リカ】 underneath a Japanese plum tree
  • 行李 【コウリ】 wicker trunk, wicker luggage
  • 柳行李 【ヤナギゴウリ】 wicker trunk

Kun reading compounds

  • 李 【すもも】 Japanese plum (Prunus salicina), Chinese plum
  • スピノサ李 【スピノサすもも】 blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), sloe
  • 干し李 【ほしすもも】 prune

Readings

Japanese names:
もも、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • ciruela

Portuguese

French

2179 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
488 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2104 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3050 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14459 Morohashi
2398 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2549 New Nelson (John Haig)
2511 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a2.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
4040.7 Four corner code
1-45-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
674e Unicode hex code

氏

4 strokes
Radical:
clan 氏
Parts:
氏
family name, surname, clan
Kun:
うじ、 -うじ
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
84 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 氏 【シ】 Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, clan, he, him, counter for people
  • 氏族 【シゾク】 clan, family
  • 両氏 【リョウシ】 both persons
  • 同氏 【ドウシ】 the said person, he, she, same surname

Kun reading compounds

  • 氏 【うじ】 family name, lineage, birth, clan
  • 氏名 【しめい】 (full) name, identity
  • 杜氏 【とうじ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
  • 漢氏 【あやうじ】 Aya clan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4, zhi1
Korean:
ssi, ji

Spanish

  • apellido
  • clan
  • señor

Portuguese

  • nome de família
  • sobrenome
  • clã

French

  • nom de famille
  • nom
  • clan
  • Monsieur
620 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
522 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
495 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
177 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2478 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
361 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
223 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
566 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3669 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1845 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17026 Morohashi
2951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3020 New Nelson (John Haig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1970 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
223 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
443 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2656 2001 Kanji
0a4.25 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
7274.0 Four corner code
1-27-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c0f Unicode hex code