Jisho

×

13 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
467 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 福 【フク】 good fortune, happiness, blessing, good luck
  • 福祉 【フクシ】 welfare, well-being, social welfare, social security, social service
  • 大福 【ダイフク】 great fortune, good luck, rice cake stuffed with bean jam
  • 慶福 【ケイフク】 happy event, happiness

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 とみ、 ふ、 ふき、 ふっ、 ぼく、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • fortuna
  • suerte
  • dicha

Portuguese

  • benção
  • fortuna
  • sorte
  • riqueza

French

  • bénédiction
  • fortune
  • chance
  • richesse
506 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
409 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
386 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
450 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3256 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
629 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
777 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1888 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1379 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1466 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
895 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1427 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1303 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
705 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1099 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24768P Morohashi
1029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4105 New Nelson (John Haig)
1090 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1171 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
424 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
676 2001 Kanji
4e9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
3126.6 Four corner code
1-42-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798f Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mount, hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 岡陵 【コウリョウ】 hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡三 【おかさん】 Okasan
  • 盛岡 【もりおか】 Morioka (city in Iwate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • monte
  • colina
  • cima de una colina

Portuguese

French

  • mont
  • colline
  • butte
370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
987 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7962 Morohashi
2997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 New Nelson (John Haig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-18-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca1 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
north
Kun:
きた
On:
ホク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
  • 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
  • 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
  • 西北 【セイホク】 north-west

Kun reading compounds

  • 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
  • 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
  • 西北 【せいほく】 north-west

Readings

Japanese names:
きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei3
Korean:
bug, bae

Spanish

  • Norte
  • huir
  • perder

Portuguese

  • norte

French

  • nord
139 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
224 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
205 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
156 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
138 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
73 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
73 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
42 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
231 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
230 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
176 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
454 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2574 Morohashi
197 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
581 New Nelson (John Haig)
445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
480 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
282 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
115 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
0a5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1111.0 Four corner code
1-43-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5317 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:

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  • 九 【キュウ】 nine, 9
  • 九州 【キュウシュウ】 Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
  • 十九 【ジュウキュウ】 nineteen, 19
  • 29 【ニジュウキュウ】 29, twenty nine, 5am
  • 九 【キュウ】 nine, 9
  • 9月 【クガツ】 September, ninth month of the lunar calendar
  • 九九 【クク】 multiplication table, times table
  • 第九 【ダイク】 ninth, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Kun reading compounds

  • 九 【きゅう】 nine, 9
  • 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
  • 九つ 【ここのつ】 nine, nine years of age, twelve o'clock (old time system)
  • 九つ時 【ここのつどき】 (approx.) twelve o'clock (am or pm, old time system), noon, midnight

Readings

Japanese names:
いちじく、 いちのく、 この、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu3
Korean:
gu, gyu

Spanish

  • nueve
  • 9

Portuguese

  • nove

French

  • neuf
9 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
9 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
12 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
58 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
146 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
11 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
16 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
11 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
11 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
9 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
26 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4176 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2112 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
167 Morohashi
3369 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57 New Nelson (John Haig)
9 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
9 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
112 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
5 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1657 2001 Kanji
0a2.15 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
4001.7 Four corner code
1-22-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e5d Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
Variants:
state, province
Kun:
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
  • 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
  • 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
  • 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kun reading compounds

  • 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • estado
  • provincia
  • banco de arena

Portuguese

  • estado
  • província

French

  • province
  • état
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
99 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
490 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
224 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
549 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
64 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8678 Morohashi
57 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 New Nelson (John Haig)
128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
271 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
2f4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
3200.0 Four corner code
1-29-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dde Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tall 高 (髙)
Parts:
tall, high, expensive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 高 【コウ】 high, high school
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
  • 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury

Kun reading compounds

  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
  • 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
  • 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
  • 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
  • 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • alto
  • caro
  • sobresaliente
  • elevar
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • Caro
  • alto

French

  • haut
  • élevé
  • grand
  • cher
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
119 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
49 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
160 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
102 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1163 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45313 Morohashi
2097 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6796 New Nelson (John Haig)
307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
135 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-25-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ad8 Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
quick, fast
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
576 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 速 【ソク】 gear, speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
  • 速度 【ソクド】 speed, velocity, pace, rate, velocity
  • 失速 【シッソク】 stall, downturn, slowdown, slump, weakening, decline
  • 快速 【カイソク】 high speed, rapidity, rapid-service train (not as fast as express), rapid train

Kun reading compounds

  • 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
  • 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
  • 速やか 【すみやか】 quick, speedy, prompt, rapid, swift

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • rápido
  • veloz
  • darse prisa
  • velocidad

Portuguese

  • rápido
  • apressar

French

  • vite
  • rapide
453 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
352 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
534 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
659 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
848 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1237 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
502 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
511 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
383 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
693 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3851 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2674 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1685 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38897P Morohashi
3105 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6060 New Nelson (John Haig)
1669 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1799 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
360 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
2q7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3530.9 Four corner code
1-34-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901f Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Kun:
みちいう
On:
ドウトウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
  • 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
  • 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
  • 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
  • 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
  • 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
  • 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
  • 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • camino
  • razón
  • modo
  • decir
  • senda
  • método

Portuguese

  • Caminho
  • estrada
  • rua
  • distrito
  • viagem
  • curso
  • moral
  • ensinamentos
  • filosofia

French

  • voie
  • route
  • rue
  • région
  • voyage
  • morale
  • enseignements
122 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
205 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
188 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4724 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
141 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
93 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1811 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
710 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3888 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2000 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2701 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39010P Morohashi
3134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6091 New Nelson (John Haig)
277 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
123 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
220 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
979 2001 Kanji
2q9.14 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-2-9 SKIP code
3830.6 Four corner code
1-38-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9053 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
Variants:
path, route, road, distance
Kun:
-じみち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 路上 【ロジョウ】 on the road, on the street, in the street, on the way
  • 路地 【ロジ】 alley, alleyway, lane, path through a gate or garden, teahouse garden
  • 活路 【カツロ】 means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty
  • 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
  • 路加 【ルカ】 St Luke

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 道草 【みちくさ】 loitering on the way, wayside grass
  • 長路 【ながみち】 long road, far journey
  • 脇道 【わきみち】 side road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • camino
  • ruta
  • carretera

Portuguese

  • caminho
  • rota
  • estrada
  • distância

French

  • chemin
  • route
  • distance
540 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
415 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
367 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4561 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
935 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1925 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
151 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
533 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1764 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1936 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1290 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37524 Morohashi
1533 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5876 New Nelson (John Haig)
1282 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1376 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
425 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
7d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6716.4 Four corner code
1-47-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8def Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
public, prince, official, governmental
Kun:
おおやけ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 公 【コウ】 public affair, government matter, the state, the government, the public, duke, prince, Sir, Lord, familiar or derogatory suffix
  • 公安 【コウアン】 public safety, public welfare
  • 大公 【タイコウ】 archduke
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
  • 公廨 【クガイ】 government office
  • 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period

Kun reading compounds

  • 公 【おおやけ】 official, governmental, formal, public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common, being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
  • 公所 【おおやけどころ】 imperial court, government office, imperial land, government land

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 き、 きみ、 きん、 たか、 ただし、 とも、 ひろ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • público
  • imparcial
  • oficial

Portuguese

  • público
  • príncipe
  • oficial
  • governamental

French

  • public
  • prince
  • officiel
  • gouvernemental
210 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
277 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
122 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
579 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
219 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
341 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
156 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
126 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
126 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
152 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2468 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1249 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
792 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1452 Morohashi
1974 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
372 New Nelson (John Haig)
784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
847 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
212 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
92 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2071 2001 Kanji
2o2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
8073.0 Four corner code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-24-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
company, firm, office, association, shrine
Kun:
やしろ
On:
シャ
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On reading compounds

  • 社 【シャ】 company, firm, office, association, society, (Shinto) shrine, regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour), counter for companies, shrines, etc., incorporated body, corporation, corporate juridical person
  • 社員 【シャイン】 company employee, member of a corporation, company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
  • 大社 【タイシャ】 grand shrine, famous shrine, Izumo Grand Shrine
  • 親会社 【オヤガイシャ】 parent company

Kun reading compounds

  • 社 【やしろ】 (Shinto) shrine
  • 大社 【たいしゃ】 grand shrine, famous shrine, Izumo Grand Shrine
  • 村のお社 【むらのおやしろ】 village shrine

Readings

Japanese names:
こそ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • compañía
  • asociación
  • sociedad
  • santuario shintoísta

Portuguese

  • companhia
  • firme
  • escritório
  • associação
  • templo

French

  • temple shinto
  • compagnie
  • firme
  • bureau
  • association
234 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
153 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
137 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
30 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3231 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
203 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
76 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
406 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
308 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
60 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1418 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1042 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
745 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1101 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24631P Morohashi
840 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4065 New Nelson (John Haig)
1092 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1173 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
82 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
145 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
672 2001 Kanji
4e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
3421.0 Four corner code
1-28-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793e Unicode hex code