Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
grains, drop, counter for tiny particles
Kun:
つぶ
On:
リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1635 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粒 【ツブ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
  • 粒子 【リュウシ】 particle, grain
  • 細粒 【サイリュウ】 fine grain, fine granule, microsphere
  • 粒々 【リュウリュウ】 each grain, every grain

Kun reading compounds

  • 粒 【つぶ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
  • 粒状 【りゅうじょう】 granular, granulated
  • 米粒 【こめつぶ】 grain of rice
  • 小粒 【こつぶ】 small grain, small stature or ability

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
rib

Spanish

  • grano
  • gota
  • contador para partículas diminutas

Portuguese

  • graões
  • gota
  • sufixo para contagem de partículas pequeninas

French

  • grain
  • goutte
  • compteur de particules
1900 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1525 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3471 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1654 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
805 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1389 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1700 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1558 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1498 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1682 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
931 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26884 Morohashi
1328 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4392 New Nelson (John Haig)
922 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
990 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1471 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1073 2001 Kanji
6b5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
9091.8 Four corner code
1-46-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c92 Unicode hex code

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
elect, select, choose, prefer
Kun:
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
  • 選挙 【センキョ】 election
  • 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
  • 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote

Kun reading compounds

  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
  • 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan3
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • elegir
  • seleccionar

Portuguese

  • eleger
  • selecionar
  • escolher
  • preferir

French

  • élection
  • sélection
  • choisir
  • préférer
449 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
556 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
527 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
105 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4744 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
967 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
800 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3931 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1822 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39127P Morohashi
3169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6114 New Nelson (John Haig)
1804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
341 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
626 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3561 2001 Kanji
2q12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-2-12 SKIP code
3730.8 Four corner code
1-33-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9078 Unicode hex code