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病

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
一 人 冂 疔
ill, sick
Kun:
や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
On:
ビョウ、 ヘイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 病 【ビョウ】 disease
  • 病院 【ビョウイン】 hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
  • 血友病 【ケツユウビョウ】 hemophilia, haemophilia
  • 同病 【ドウビョウ】 the same sickness

Kun reading compounds

  • 病む 【やむ】 to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
  • 病 【やまい】 illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault
  • 病が篤い 【やまいがあつい】 seriously ill
  • 恋病 【こいやまい】 lovesickness
  • 躁鬱病 【そううつびょう】 manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • enfermedad
  • caer enfermo

Portuguese

  • mal
  • doente

French

  • malade
310 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
404 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
381 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
441 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
145 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
224 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1250 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
380 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1352 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4062 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2059 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22127 Morohashi
3277 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3798 New Nelson (John Haig)
1682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
365 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
5i5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-41-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c5 Unicode hex code

原

10 strokes
Radical:
cliff 厂
Parts:
厂 小 白
Variants:
厡
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Kun:
はら
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
  • 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
  • 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen

Kun reading compounds

  • 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
  • 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
  • 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
  • 関ヶ原 【せきがはら】 Sekigahara (battle site, 1600), decisive battle, critical battle

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • origen
  • pradera
  • prado
  • campo

Portuguese

  • prado
  • original
  • primitivo
  • campo
  • planície
  • pradaria
  • tundra
  • sertão

French

  • pré
  • prairie
  • champ
  • original
  • primitif
  • toundra
  • désert (étendue sauvage)
205 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
119 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
107 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
132 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
825 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
202 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
388 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1231 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
136 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
260 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2593 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
136 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2973 Morohashi
3009 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
652 New Nelson (John Haig)
134 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
142 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
113 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
192 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3341 2001 Kanji
2p8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-8 SKIP code
7129.6 Four corner code
1-24-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
539f Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

腸

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
一 日 月 勿
Variants:
膓
intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
Kun:
はらわた、 わた
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 腸 【チョウ】 guts, bowels, intestines
  • 腸炎 【チョウエン】 enteritis
  • 大腸 【ダイチョウ】 large intestine, large bowel, colon
  • 胃腸 【イチョウ】 stomach and intestines, gastrointestinal tract, digestive organs

Kun reading compounds

  • 腸 【ちょう】 guts, bowels, intestines
  • はらわたが煮えくり返る 【はらわたがにえくりかえる】 to be furious, to seethe with anger, to have one's blood boiling
  • 腸 【ちょう】 guts, bowels, intestines
  • 腸香 【わたか】 Ischikauia steenackeri (species of cyprinid fish)
  • 大腸 【だいちょう】 large intestine, large bowel, colon
  • 背わた 【せわた】 vein of a shrimp (prawn), digestive tract of a shrimp, sand vein

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • intestinos
  • vísceras

Portuguese

  • intestinos
  • abdomen
  • tripas
  • vísceras

French

  • intestin
  • entrailles
  • viscères
676 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
574 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
547 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1087 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
810 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1680 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1270 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1344 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1106 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1039 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
550 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29721 Morohashi
1033 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4849 New Nelson (John Haig)
544 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
583 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
611 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3951 2001 Kanji
4b9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-36-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8178 Unicode hex code

菌

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
囗 艾 禾
Variants:
germ, fungus, bacteria
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 菌 【キン】 fungus, germ, bacterium, bacillus
  • 菌類 【キンルイ】 fungus, fungi
  • 球菌 【キュウキン】 coccus
  • 抗菌 【コウキン】 antibacterial, antimicrobial

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4, jun1
Korean:
gyun

Spanish

  • germen
  • hongo
  • bacteria

Portuguese

  • germe
  • fungo
  • bactérias

French

  • germe (microbien)
  • champignon
  • bactérie
1177 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1016 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3976 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1651 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1703 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1441 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1222 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1285 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1368 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
659 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2876 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1484 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2000 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
927 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31156P Morohashi
2304 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5091 New Nelson (John Haig)
918 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
985 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1480 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-22-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83cc Unicode hex code