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片

4 strokes
Radical:
slice 片
Parts:
片
one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Kun:
かた-、 かた
On:
ヘン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1076 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 片 【ヘン】 counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
  • 片時 【カタトキ】 a (single) moment, an instant
  • 紙片 【シヘン】 piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
  • 砕片 【サイヘン】 debris

Kun reading compounds

  • 片 【かた】 one (of a pair), incomplete, imperfect, fragmentary, few, little, off-centre, remote, side, problem, question, matters
  • 片側 【かたがわ】 one side

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pian4, pian1
Korean:
pyeon

Spanish

  • una parte de un total de dos
  • trozo
  • incompleto
  • pedazo
  • imperfecto

Portuguese

  • unilateral
  • folha de papel
  • folha (árvore)

French

  • simple face
  • feuille
  • radical côté droit (no. 91)
980 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
969 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
905 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2842 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
937 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
724 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
82 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1045 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1088 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1143 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1287 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4272 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2158 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1220 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19813 Morohashi
3461 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3525 New Nelson (John Haig)
1212 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1297 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
833 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
2j2.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
2202.7 Four corner code
1-42-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7247 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

憲

16 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
二 亠 土 宀 心 買
constitution, law
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
551 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 憲章 【ケンショウ】 charter
  • 憲政 【ケンセイ】 constitutional government, exemplary government, excellent government
  • 違憲 【イケン】 unconstitutionality
  • 改憲 【カイケン】 constitutional change, revising the constitution

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
heon

Spanish

  • regulación
  • ley
  • norma
  • funcionario

Portuguese

  • Constituição
  • lei

French

  • constitution
  • loi
773 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
863 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
852 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
943 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1342 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
622 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1322 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2562 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3001 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1568 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11269P Morohashi
2368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 New Nelson (John Haig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
429 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
991 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
758 2001 Kanji
3m13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
3033.6 Four corner code
1-23-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61b2 Unicode hex code

太

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
丶 大
plump, thick, big around
Kun:
ふと.い、 ふと.る
On:
タイ、 タ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
  • 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
  • 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

Kun reading compounds

  • 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
  • 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
  • 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 たか、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai4
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • gordo
  • grueso
  • engordar

Portuguese

  • gordo
  • grande
  • espesso

French

  • gras
  • dodu
  • gros
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
181 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
164 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
343 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
508 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
151 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
105 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
409 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
121 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5834 Morohashi
2152 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1137 New Nelson (John Haig)
120 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
257 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
98 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592a Unicode hex code

郎

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 艮
Variants:
郒
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code