Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
Variants:
bamboo grass
Kun:
しのささすず
On:
ゾウショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 篠 【しの】 thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters), Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes), sliver (strand of loose fibers)
  • 篠笹 【しのざさ】 bamboo grass, bamboo
  • 笹 【ささ】 bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
  • 笹竹 【ささたけ】 small bamboo
  • 篶 【すず】 Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan), shoots of this plant
  • 鈴懸 【すずかけ】 plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis), hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3440 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2691 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3376 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26328 Morohashi
4352 New Nelson (John Haig)
2639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2682 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-11 SKIP code
8829.4 Four corner code
1-28-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7be0 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
rice field, rice paddy
Kun:
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
90 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 田畑 【タハタ】 fields (of rice and other crops)
  • 田園 【デンエン】 the country, countryside, rural districts, cultivated land, fields
  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 水田 【スイデン】 (water-filled) paddy field

Kun reading compounds

  • 田 【た】 rice field
  • 田植え 【たうえ】 rice planting
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt

Readings

Japanese names:
いなか、 おか、 たん、 で、 とう、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • campo de arroz
  • arrozal

Portuguese

  • campo de arroz
  • arroz sem beneficiar

French

  • rizière
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
60 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
59 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
52 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
35 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21723 Morohashi
3041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3727 New Nelson (John Haig)
14 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
14 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
45 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3676 2001 Kanji
5f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-37-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7530 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
Variants:
ray, light
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 光学 【コウガク】 optics
  • 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
  • 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
  • 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

Kun reading compounds

  • 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
  • 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
  • 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
  • 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
  • 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
116 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
417 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3043 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1350 Morohashi
2391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 New Nelson (John Haig)
119 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
345 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1057 2001 Kanji
3n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
9021.1 Four corner code
1-24-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5149 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
clear, help
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 諒闇 【リョウアン】 court mourning (for the late emperor or empress), national mourning
  • 亮月 【リョウゲツ】 bright moonlight
  • 嚠喨 【リュウリョウ】 clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 すけ、 まこと、 あきら、 よし、 きょう、 たすく、 ふさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang4
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • claro
  • luminoso
  • ayudar
  • verdad

Portuguese

French

302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1993 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
911 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2010 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2571 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
304 Morohashi
2071 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
95 New Nelson (John Haig)
2920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2928 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
0021.7 Four corner code
0021.2 Four corner code
1-46-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eae Unicode hex code