Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
footsteps
Parts:
Variants:
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
32 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 発 【ハツ】 departure, departing from ..., leaving at (e.g. 8:30), sent from ..., (a letter, etc.) dated ..., datelined ..., counter for engines (on an aircraft), counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc., counter for bullets, bombs, etc., counter for blows (punches), counter for jokes, puns, etc., counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses, counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
  • 発 【ハツ】 green dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
  • 偶発 【グウハツ】 sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
  • 電源開発 【デンゲンカイハツ】 development of electrical power resources
  • 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
  • 発議 【ハツギ】 proposal, suggestion, motion, initiative

Kun reading compounds

  • 発つ 【たつ】 to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start
  • 立つ鳥跡を濁さず 【たつとりあとをにごさず】 it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
  • 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out

Readings

Japanese names:
ば、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa1
Korean:
bal

Spanish

  • abrir
  • exponer
  • suceder

Portuguese

  • liberar
  • partida
  • publicar
  • emitir
  • a partir de
  • revelar

French

  • départ
  • décharge
  • dégagement
  • publier
  • émettre
  • partir de
  • divulguer
  • compteur de coups de feu
303 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
392 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
370 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
43 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
186 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
953 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
96 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1360 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1721 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22662P Morohashi
2565 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3860 New Nelson (John Haig)
1705 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1840 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
342 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3557 2001 Kanji
0a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
1241.5 Four corner code
1-40-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767a Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
西
Variants:
smoke
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1290 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 煙突 【エントツ】 chimney, smokestack, funnel (of a ship), stovepipe, carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
  • 煙草 【タバコ】 tobacco, cigarette, cigar, tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
  • 噴煙 【フンエン】 (eruption of) smoke
  • 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke

Kun reading compounds

  • 煙る 【けむる】 to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to be hazy, to look dim
  • 煙 【けむり】 smoke, fumes
  • 煙感知器 【けむりかんちき】 smoke detector
  • 黒煙 【こくえん】 black smoke
  • 砂煙 【すなけむり】 cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
  • 煙い 【けむい】 smoky

Readings

Japanese names:
たば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan1
Korean:
yeon, in

Spanish

  • humo
  • humeante
  • fumarolas
  • humear

Portuguese

  • fumaça

French

  • fumée
1027 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1147 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2784 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
914 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
718 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
919 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
941 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1045 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1269 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1294 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1626 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19203X Morohashi
1021 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1612 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1739 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1645 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4d9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
1-1-12 SKIP code
9181.4 Four corner code
1-17-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7159 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
nitrate, saltpeter
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 硝酸 【ショウサン】 nitric acid
  • 硝煙 【ショウエン】 gunpowder smoke
  • 芒硝 【ボウショウ】 sal mirabilis, mirabilite, sodium sulfate decahydrate, sodium sulphate decahydrate
  • 石灰芒硝 【セッカイボウショウ】 glauberite

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao1
Korean:
cho, so

Spanish

  • nitrato
  • pólvora

Portuguese

  • nitrato
  • salitre

French

  • nitrate
  • salpêtre
1405 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1997 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3192 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1760 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1570 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1855 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2011 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1404 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1520 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
116 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24201P Morohashi
1185 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4007 New Nelson (John Haig)
115 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
120 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1572 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3346 2001 Kanji
5a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1962.7 Four corner code
1-30-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
785d Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
acid, bitterness, sour, tart
Kun:
す.い
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 酸 【サン】 acid, sourness, sour taste
  • 酸化 【サンカ】 oxidation, oxidization
  • 炭酸 【タンサン】 carbonic acid, carbonated water, carbonated drink, baking soda, sodium carbonate
  • アミノ酸 【アミノサン】 amino acid

Kun reading compounds

  • 酸い 【すい】 sour, acid
  • 酸葉 【すいば】 sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Common sorrel, garden sorrel, spinach dock

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • ácido
  • agrio

Portuguese

  • ácido
  • amargo
  • azedo
  • picante

French

  • acide
  • aigre
  • amer
  • sur (goût)
618 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
715 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
689 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1027 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4789 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
819 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1838 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
516 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
525 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1420 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1797 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1968 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1049 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1449 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39871 Morohashi
1563 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6177 New Nelson (John Haig)
1437 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1545 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
791 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3267 2001 Kanji
7e7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1364.7 Four corner code
1-27-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9178 Unicode hex code