Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
lacquer, varnish, seven
Kun:
うるし
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1971 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漆芸 【シツゲイ】 (Japanese) lacquer art
  • 漆樹 【シツジュ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 膠漆 【コウシツ】 glue and lacquer, great intimacy
  • 仮漆 【カシツ】 varnish

Kun reading compounds

  • 漆 【うるし】 East Asian lacquer, japan, Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
  • 漆樹 【しつじゅ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 生漆 【きうるし】 unrefined sap of the lacquer tree
  • 透漆 【すきうるし】 clear lacquer

Readings

Japanese names:
うる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qu4
Korean:
chil

Spanish

  • laca
  • barniz

Portuguese

  • verniz
  • envernizar

French

  • laque
  • vernis
  • sept (shichi)
1334 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1966 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2679 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1597 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1494 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2087 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1546 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1648 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1505 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1241 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
863 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
941 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18108 Morohashi
704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3304 New Nelson (John Haig)
932 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1711 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
342 2001 Kanji
3a11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3413.2 Four corner code
1-28-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f06 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
valley
Parts:
valley
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 谷底平野 【コクテイヘイヤ】 valley plain
  • 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 盤谷 【バンコク】 Bangkok (Thailand)

Kun reading compounds

  • 谷 【たに】 valley
  • 谷間 【たにま】 valley, ravine, gorge, chasm, cleavage (of breasts), part or place that has been left behind, blind spot, bottom (of society), (economic) trough, gap (in activity, one's work, etc.), lull, opening
  • 死の谷 【しのたに】 valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)
  • 気圧の谷 【きあつのたに】 low pressure trough
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled

Readings

Japanese names:
がい、 がえ、 がや、 せ、 たり、 たん、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, yu4
Korean:
gog, yog

Spanish

  • valle

Portuguese

  • vale

French

  • vallée
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
249 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4458 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
528 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
914 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
449 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
653 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
664 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1714 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2536 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
796 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36182 Morohashi
2043 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5730 New Nelson (John Haig)
788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
851 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
143 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2077 2001 Kanji
2o5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
8060.8 Four corner code
1-35-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c37 Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
county, district
Kun:
こおり
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郡 【グン】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡部 【グンブ】 rural districts, counties
  • 共産国家郡 【キョウサンコッカグン】 Communist bloc
  • 国郡 【コクグン】 provinces and districts

Kun reading compounds

  • 郡 【ぐん】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡司 【ぐんじ】 district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • condado
  • distrito

Portuguese

  • condado
  • distrito
  • comarca

French

  • comté
  • arrondissement
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
491 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4764 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
758 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39436 Morohashi
1466 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6143 New Nelson (John Haig)
1843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
2d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1762.7 Four corner code
1-23-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e1 Unicode hex code