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牧

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
牛 乞 攵
breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
Kun:
まき
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1360 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 牧 【ボク】 regional governor in ancient China
  • 牧師 【ボクシ】 pastor, minister, clergyman, reverend
  • 遊牧 【ユウボク】 nomadism
  • 移牧 【イボク】 transhumance, moving stock between pastures according to season

Kun reading compounds

  • 牧 【まき】 pasture, grazing land
  • 牧場 【ぼくじょう】 farm (livestock), stock farm, ranch, station, pasture, meadow, grazing land

Readings

Japanese names:
ま、 まい、 もく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog

Spanish

  • pastorear
  • pastar
  • pasto

Portuguese

  • raça
  • importar-se
  • guiar
  • alimentar
  • pastoreio

French

  • élevage
  • soigner
  • berger
  • nourrir
  • pâturage
720 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
614 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
586 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1243 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
799 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1520 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
610 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
731 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1273 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1291 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1083 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
776 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19950 Morohashi
873 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3537 New Nelson (John Haig)
329 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
351 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
517 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2466 2001 Kanji
4g4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2854.0 Four corner code
1-43-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7267 Unicode hex code

野

11 strokes
Radical:
village, mile 里
Parts:
亅 矛 里
Variants:
埜 壄
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Kun:
の、 の-
On:
ヤ、 ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 野 【ノ】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野外 【ヤガイ】 outdoors, outside, open air, fields, outskirts, suburbs
  • 内野 【ナイヤ】 infield, diamond
  • 在野 【ザイヤ】 out of office, out of power, in opposition, unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist), in private practice

Kun reading compounds

  • 野 【の】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野末 【のずえ】 corners of a field
  • 裾野 【すその】 foot of a mountain, plain at the foot of a mountain, range, spread, extent, encompassing circle
  • 郊野 【こうの】 suburban fields

Readings

Japanese names:
ずけ、 つけ、 ぬ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • campo
  • llano
  • extensión
  • rango
  • natural
  • civil
  • no oficial

Portuguese

  • planícies
  • campo
  • rústico
  • vida de civil

French

  • sauvage
  • champ
  • rustique
  • vie civile
323 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
233 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
213 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
267 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1398 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
236 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
998 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1610 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40133 Morohashi
1485 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6208 New Nelson (John Haig)
1596 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
0a11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6712.2 Four corner code
1-44-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91ce Unicode hex code

成

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
ノ 戈
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Kun:
な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
On:
セイ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code

貞

9 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 卜 目 貝
upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
Kun:
ただし.い、 さだ
On:
テイ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 貞 【テイ】 firm adherence to one's principles, chastity (of a woman)
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity
  • シロウト童貞 【シロウトドウテイ】 man who has never had sex except with sex workers
  • 不貞 【フテイ】 unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
  • 貞永 【ジョウエイ】 Jōei era (1232.4.2-1233.4.15)
  • 貞応 【ジョウオウ】 Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貞はる 【さだはる】 to harp too long on a subject

Readings

Japanese names:
さざ、 ただし、 りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • recto
  • justo
  • constante
  • casto

Portuguese

  • correto
  • casto
  • constância
  • retidão

French

  • intègre
  • chasteté
  • pureté
  • vertu
1615 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1238 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1776 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
982 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1764 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
55 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36658 Morohashi
2083 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5768 New Nelson (John Haig)
55 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
58 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2180.6 Four corner code
1-36-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9e Unicode hex code