Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
Variants:
furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge, rib
Kun:
うね
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 畝 【ホ】 mu (Chinese measure of land area, formerly approx. 600 m.sq., currently approx. 667 m.sq.)
  • 壟畝 【ロウホ】 ridges of and paths between fields, countryside, civilian

Kun reading compounds

  • 畝 【せ】 se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)
  • 畝 【うね】 ridge (in field), row of raised earth when planting crops, rib (cloth, mountains, sea), cord (e.g. corduroy)
  • 畝り 【うねり】 undulation, winding, meandering, swell (of waves), ground swell, surge, billow, roller

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mu, myo

Spanish

  • surco
  • costilla
  • cordillera
  • antigua medida para campos de arroz

Portuguese

  • sulco

French

  • sillon
  • 30 tsubo (100 m²)
  • raie
  • côte (côtelé)
1468 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2027 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
311 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1822 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1142 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1901 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2077 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1939 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1338 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1857 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
983 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1026 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21815 Morohashi
1465 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3748 New Nelson (John Haig)
1017 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1093 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1367 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
462 2001 Kanji
5f5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
0768.0 Four corner code
1-32-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
755d Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 傍聴 【ボウチョウ】 listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.), attending (without participating), sitting in (e.g. on a meeting), observing
  • 脇見 【ワキミ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 路傍 【ロボウ】 roadside
  • 道傍 【ドウボウ】 side of the road, roadside

Kun reading compounds

  • 傍ら 【かたわら】 side, edge, beside, besides, nearby, while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
  • 傍らに 【かたわらに】 beside, nearby
  • 脇役 【わきやく】 supporting role (actor), minor role
  • 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 側から 【そばから】 as soon as, right after
  • お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bang4, bang1
Korean:
bang, paeng

Spanish

  • vecindad
  • cercanía

Portuguese

  • espectador
  • além disso
  • enquanto
  • muito próximo
  • 3ª pessoa

French

  • observateur
  • spectateur
  • à côté
  • en outre
  • pendant que
  • tout près
  • les autres
1815 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1689 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1406 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1062 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1429 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1024 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
948 Morohashi
147 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
286 New Nelson (John Haig)
1015 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1090 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1506 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2145 2001 Kanji
2a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-43-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
508d Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
honorable, manipulate, govern
Kun:
おん-お-み-
On:
ギョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 御 【ギョ】 honorific affix, honorific prefix
  • 御苑 【ギョエン】 imperial garden
  • 自動制御 【ジドウセイギョ】 automatic control
  • ファジィ制御 【ファジィセイギョ】 fuzzy control
  • 御 【ゴ】 honorific/polite/humble prefix, honorific suffix
  • 御所 【ゴショ】 imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace), imperial residence, residence of a shogun, minister, etc., emperor, ex-emperor, empress, imperial prince, shogun, minister
  • 甥御 【オイゴ】 (another person's) nephew
  • 大御 【オオイゴ】 older lady

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
eo, a

Spanish

  • prefijo honorífico
  • manipular
  • gobernar

Portuguese

  • honrado
  • manipular
  • governar

French

  • honorable
  • diriger
  • contrôler
1158 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
620 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1628 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
924 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
524 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1572 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
708 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
721 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
919 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
632 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
703 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
529 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1410 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10157X Morohashi
577 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1761 New Nelson (John Haig)
1398 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1500 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
371 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1530 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2044 2001 Kanji
3i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2722.0 Four corner code
1-24-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fa1 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
mausoleum, imperial tomb, mound, hill
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1746 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 陵 【ミササギ】 imperial mausoleum, Emperor's tomb, big hill
  • 陵墓 【リョウボ】 imperial tomb, imperial mausoleum
  • 帝陵 【テイリョウ】 imperial mausoleum
  • 皇陵 【コウリョウ】 imperial mausoleum

Kun reading compounds

  • 陵 【みささぎ】 imperial mausoleum, Emperor's tomb, big hill

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
reung

Spanish

  • mausoleo imperial
  • tumba imperial
  • cumbre

Portuguese

  • mausoleo
  • túmulo imperial

French

  • mausolée
  • tombe impériale
1908 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1912 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4998 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1646 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1874 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1310 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1844 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1996 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1886 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
742 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
660 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
400 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1532 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41704 Morohashi
544 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6454 New Nelson (John Haig)
1518 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1636 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1501 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3667 2001 Kanji
2d8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7424.7 Four corner code
1-46-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9675 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
in front, before
Kun:
まえ-まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code