Jisho

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菊

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
勹 艾 米
chrysanthemum
On:
キク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 菊 【キク】 chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
  • 菊花 【キッカ】 chrysanthemum flower
  • 一菊 【イッキク】 one scoop (of water)
  • 斧琴菊 【ヨキコトキク】 dyeing pattern with a yoki, koto bridge and a chrysanthemum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • crisantemo

Portuguese

  • crisântemo

French

  • chrysanthème
1141 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1082 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3981 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1158 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1702 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1451 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
475 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
483 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1833 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
658 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2875 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1483 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1999 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
936 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31153P Morohashi
2303 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5096 New Nelson (John Haig)
927 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
996 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1479 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1952 2001 Kanji
3k8.30 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4492.7 Four corner code
1-21-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83ca Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

亜

7 strokes
Radical:
two 二
Parts:
一 ｜ 口
Variants:
亞
Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
Kun:
つ.ぐ
On:
ア
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 亜 【ア】 sub-, second-rate, inferior, -ous (indicating a low oxidation state), -ite, Asia, Argentina, Arabia, America, American person
  • 亜鉛 【アエン】 zinc (Zn)
  • 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
  • 叙利亜 【シリア】 Syria

Kun reading compounds

  • 次ぐ 【つぐ】 to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
や、 つぎ、 つぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya4
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • pref. para indicar
  • venir después de
  • Asia

Portuguese

  • Ásia
  • próxima
  • o que vem depois
  • -ous

French

  • Asie
  • suivant
  • sub-
  • sous-
997 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1331 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
43 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1788 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1032 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
525 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1616 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1724 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1818 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
35 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4354 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2966 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1827 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
272 Morohashi
3540 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
81 New Nelson (John Haig)
1809 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1950 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1092 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3273 2001 Kanji
0a7.14 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-1 SKIP code
1010.6 Four corner code
1-16-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e9c Unicode hex code

美

9 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
并 大 王 羊
beauty, beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
ビ、 ミ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 美 【ビ】 beauty
  • 美意識 【ビイシキ】 sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
  • 華美 【カビ】 splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
  • 造形美 【ゾウケイビ】 beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape
  • 御 【ミ】 august, beautiful
  • 見事 【ミゴト】 splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
  • 水野亜美 【ミズノアミ】 Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon character)
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 美しい 【うつくしい】 beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 よし、 よしみ、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • belleza
  • bello

Portuguese

  • beleza
  • bela

French

  • beauté
  • beau, belle
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
398 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
376 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
289 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
401 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28435 Morohashi
2264 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4660 New Nelson (John Haig)
548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
343 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
8043.1 Four corner code
1-40-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8e Unicode hex code