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

Stroke order

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

凛

15 strokes
Radical:
ice 冫
Parts:
二 亠 冫 口 囗 小 示
Variants:
凜
cold, strict, severe
Kun:
きびし.い
On:
リン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 凛 【リン】 cold, frigid, bracing, dignified, distinguished, refined, elegant, (of an atmosphere) tense, nerve-racking, (of voice, sound, etc) clear, ringing
  • 凛乎 【リンコ】 commanding, awe-inspiring
  • 凛々 【リンリン】 severe, intense, awe-inspiring, commanding, biting, bitter (cold), piercing, frigid
  • 威風凛々 【イフウリンリン】 awe-inspiring, majestic, commanding, stately, with an imposing air, in a stately (dignified) manner

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin3
Korean:
reum

Spanish

Portuguese

French

651 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1718 Morohashi
430 New Nelson (John Haig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2264 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2b13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-13 SKIP code
3019.1 Four corner code
1-49-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51db Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code