Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
  • 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
  • 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
  • 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suerte
  • buen augurio

Portuguese

  • auspicioso
  • felicidade
  • bons auspícios

French

  • bon présage
  • prometteur
  • bonheur
1398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1549 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1562 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1074 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1424 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1097 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24689P Morohashi
948 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1088 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1373 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
655 2001 Kanji
4e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
3825.1 Four corner code
1-30-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7965 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
mortar
Parts:
entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 興行 【コウギョウ】 show, performance, act, entertainment industry, show business
  • 興業 【コウギョウ】 promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
  • 新興 【シンコウ】 rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new
  • 再興 【サイコウ】 revival, restoration, resuscitation
  • 興 【キョウ】 interest, entertainment, pleasure, implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 興味 【キョウミ】 interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
  • 一興 【イッキョウ】 amusement, fun, brief entertainment
  • 遊興 【ユウキョウ】 merrymaking (esp. wine and women), pleasures

Kun reading compounds

  • 興る 【おこる】 to rise, to flourish
  • 興す 【おこす】 to vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize, to revive, to promote, to make prosperous, to establish (e.g. a company), to build up, to set up, to launch, to commence

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 おこっ、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1, xing4
Korean:
heung

Spanish

  • popularizarse
  • popularizar
  • interés
  • prosperar
  • poner en marcha
  • promover

Portuguese

  • entreter
  • reviver
  • recuperar
  • interesse
  • prazer

French

  • intérêt
  • divertir
  • ranimer
  • rétablir (fortune)
  • plaisir
  • prospérer
589 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
702 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
652 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
695 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
615 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
338 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1687 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
368 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
369 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
631 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
158 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2525 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1438 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30226 Morohashi
2909 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4913 New Nelson (John Haig)
1426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1533 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
490 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
814 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2661 2001 Kanji
2o14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-2 SKIP code
7780.1 Four corner code
1-22-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8208 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
sovereign, the emperor, god, creator
Kun:
みかど
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帝国 【テイコク】 empire, imperial
  • 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
  • 女帝 【ジョテイ】 empress
  • 大帝 【タイテイ】 great emperor, ... the Great

Kun reading compounds

  • 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
  • 帝揚羽 【みかどあげは】 common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
  • 時の帝 【ときのみかど】 emperor of the time

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • soberano
  • emperador

Portuguese

  • soberano
  • o imperador
  • Deus
  • criador

French

  • souverain
  • empereur
  • dieu
  • créateur
1616 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1024 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
906 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1250 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
971 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1179 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1237 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1066 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
561 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2573 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1315 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
442 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8865 Morohashi
2073 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1560 New Nelson (John Haig)
435 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
466 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1250 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-36-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e1d Unicode hex code