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芭

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 巴
banana
On:
バ、 ハ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2026 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 芭蕉 【バショウ】 Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
  • 芭蕉梶木 【バショウカジキ】 Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
  • 芭月涼 【ハヅキリョウ】 Ryo Hazuki

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba1
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • plátano
  • banana

Portuguese

French

3903 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2736 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30730X Morohashi
4974 New Nelson (John Haig)
2386 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2469 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-39-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82ad Unicode hex code

蕉

15 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 杰 隹
banana, plantain
On:
ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2033 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蕉風 【ショウフウ】 correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)
  • 蕉門 【ショウモン】 disciple of Basho
  • 蓬莱蕉 【ホウライショウ】 Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), split-leaf philodendron, cerimen, Mexican breadfruit, fruit salad plant
  • 香蕉 【コウショウ】 banana

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1, qiao2
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • plátano
  • banana

Portuguese

French

4048 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2994 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2087 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31937X Morohashi
5191 New Nelson (John Haig)
2367 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2453 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
1-30-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8549 Unicode hex code

梶

11 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
尸 木 毛
sculling oar
Kun:
かじ、 こずえ
On:
ビ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1355 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 梶 【かじ】 paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
  • 舵 【かじ】 rudder, helm

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2279 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1371 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14889 Morohashi
2699 New Nelson (John Haig)
2502 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2564 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a7.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
4791.4 Four corner code
1-19-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68b6 Unicode hex code

木

4 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木
tree, wood
Kun:
き、 こ-
On:
ボク、 モク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code