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硝

12 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
口 尚 月 石
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

酸

14 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
儿 厶 夂 酉
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

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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

尿

7 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
尸 水
urine
Kun:
ゆばり、 いばり、 しと
On:
ニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 尿 【ニョウ】 urine
  • 尿酸 【ニョウサン】 uric acid
  • 利尿 【リニョウ】 diuresis
  • 遺尿 【イニョウ】 enuresis, bed wetting

Kun reading compounds

  • 尿 【にょう】 urine
  • 尿袋 【いばりぶくろ】 urinary bladder
  • 尿 【にょう】 urine
  • 尿袋 【いばりぶくろ】 urinary bladder
  • 尿 【にょう】 urine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niao4, ni4, sui1
Korean:
nyo

Spanish

  • orina

Portuguese

  • Urina

French

  • urine
1675 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1543 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1382 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1770 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1231 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1869 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2030 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1724 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
525 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1062 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7651 Morohashi
3064 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1410 New Nelson (John Haig)
1053 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1132 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3742 2001 Kanji
3r4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
7723.2 Four corner code
1-39-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c3f Unicode hex code

素

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
二 亠 土 小 幺 糸
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
ソ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
  • 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
  • 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
  • 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
737 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
717 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
797 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1623 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27300 Morohashi
2458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
6a4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
5090.3 Four corner code
1-33-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d20 Unicode hex code