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臼

6 strokes
Radical:
mortar 臼
Parts:
臼
mortar
Kun:
うす、 うすづ.く
On:
キュウ、 グ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2048 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 臼蓋 【キュウガイ】 acetabular roof
  • 臼蓋形成不全 【キュウガイケイセイフゼン】 acetabular dysplasia
  • 烏臼 【ウキュウ】 Chinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine)
  • 亜脱臼 【アダッキュウ】 subluxation

Kun reading compounds

  • 臼 【うす】 millstone, mortar
  • 臼茸 【うすたけ】 shaggy chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus), scaly chanterelle, woolly chanterelle
  • 提宇子 【ダイウス】 God
  • 搗き臼 【つきうす】 mortar (for pounding rice)
  • 臼搗く 【うすづく】 to pound (rice, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • mortero

Portuguese

French

  • mortier
3849 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
338 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1896 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4341 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2060 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30173 Morohashi
3528 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4907 New Nelson (John Haig)
2063 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1531 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
7777.0 Four corner code
1-17-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81fc Unicode hex code

杵

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ノ 十 干 木 乞
wooden pestle
Kun:
きね
On:
ショ、 ソ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2355 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 杵 【ショ】 vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
  • 金剛杵 【コンゴウショ】 vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

Kun reading compounds

  • 杵 【きね】 mallet, pestle, pounder
  • 杵柄 【きねづか】 mallet handle

Readings

Japanese names:
き
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu3
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • mortero para almirez

Portuguese

French

2201 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
629 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1074 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14503 Morohashi
2581 New Nelson (John Haig)
2503 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2565 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4894.0 Four corner code
1-21-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6775 Unicode hex code

市

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
亠 巾
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code