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芹

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 斤
parsley
Kun:
せり
On:
キン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2158 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 芹菜 【キンサイ】 Chinese celery, leaf celery
  • 献芹 【ケンキン】 (giving a) small present, trifling gift, pledging loyalty to one's lord

Kun reading compounds

  • 芹 【せり】 Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica), Japanese parsley
  • セリ科 【セリか】 Apiaceae (parsley family of plants)

Readings

Japanese names:
せい、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qin2
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • perejil

Portuguese

French

3899 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
478 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2210 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2742 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1406 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1896 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30742X Morohashi
4970 New Nelson (John Haig)
2396 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2477 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4422.1 Four corner code
1-22-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b9 Unicode hex code

澤

16 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亠 十 土 汁 立 買 辛
Variants:
沢
swamp
Kun:
さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや
On:
タク
2374 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 白沢 【ハクタク】 bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
taeg, seog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2704 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18383 Morohashi
778 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3338 New Nelson (John Haig)
3a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
3614.1 Four corner code
1-63-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6fa4 Unicode hex code

廣

15 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
ハ 广 田 黄
Variants:
広
broad, wide, spacious
Kun:
ひろ.い、 ひろ.まる、 ひろ.める、 ひろ.がる、 ひろ.げる
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang3, an1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3942 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9493 Morohashi
3177 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1640 New Nelson (John Haig)
3q2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
0028.6 Four corner code
1-55-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ee3 Unicode hex code

明

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 月
Variants:
朙
bright, light
Kun:
あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
On:
メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
67 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 明 【メイ】 brightness, discernment, insight, an eye (for), eyesight, vision, nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
  • 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
  • 公明 【コウメイ】 fairness, openness, impartiality, Komeito (Japanese political party)
  • 英明 【エイメイ】 intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted
  • 明 【ミョウ】 vidya (wisdom), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.)
  • 明日 【アシタ】 tomorrow, near future
  • 光明 【コウミョウ】 bright light, hope, bright future, light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
  • 内明 【ナイミョウ】 adhyatma vidya (one of the five sciences of ancient India), science of spirituality
  • 明 【ミン】 Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
  • 明楽 【ミンガク】 Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
  • 胡志明 【ホーチミン】 Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Nguyen Tat Thanh, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)

Kun reading compounds

  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明り先 【あかりさき】 source of light
  • 明るい 【あかるい】 light, well-lit, well-lighted, bright (of a colour), brightly-coloured, brightly-colored, cheerful, bright, spirited, sunny (e.g. disposition), encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.), promising, of fair prospects, familiar (with), knowledgeable (about), well versed (in), fair (e.g. politics), clean, impartial
  • 明るむ 【あかるむ】 to brighten, to grow light
  • 明らむ 【あからむ】 to become luminous at dawn (esp. the sky)
  • 明らか 【あきらか】 clear, obvious, evident, plain, definite, bright, light
  • 明らかにする 【あきらかにする】 to make clear, to clarify, to disclose, to make public
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day
  • 明かす 【あかす】 to pass (the night), to spend, to reveal, to divulge, to disclose, to expose, to prove, to verify

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あけ、 あす、 きら、 け、 さや、 さやか、 とし、 はる、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • luz
  • brillo
  • claridad
  • listo
  • inteligente
  • claro
  • luminoso
  • iluminar
  • aclarar

Portuguese

  • brilhante
  • luz

French

  • clair
  • lumière
141 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
228 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
208 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
84 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
58 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
186 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
18 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
106 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
984 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13805 Morohashi
855 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2435 New Nelson (John Haig)
20 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
20 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
167 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3846 2001 Kanji
4c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
6702.0 Four corner code
1-44-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
660e Unicode hex code