Jisho

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菖

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 日
iris
On:
ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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  • 菖蒲 【ショウブ】 sweet flag (Acorus calamus), calamus, Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
  • 菖蒲湯 【ショウブユ】 bathwater with iris petals
  • 石菖 【セキショウ】 Japanese sweet flag (Acorus gramineus)
  • 庭石菖 【ニワゼキショウ】 blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • iris

Portuguese

French

3969 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1444 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2220 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2881 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2005 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31174X Morohashi
5085 New Nelson (John Haig)
2366 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2452 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k8.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4460.6 Four corner code
1-30-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83d6 Unicode hex code

蒲

13 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
丶 十 汁 艾 用
bullrush, flag, cattail
Kun:
がま、 かば、 かま
On:
ホ、 ボ、 フ、 ブ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1887 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 蒲公英 【タンポポ】 dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
  • 蒲黄 【ホオウ】 cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 布団 【フトン】 futon, Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet, round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
  • 蒲桃 【フトモモ】 rose apple (Syzygium jambos), Malabar plum, jambos
  • 座蒲 【ザフ】 round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
  • 匂い菖蒲 【ニオイショウブ】 aromatic cane, orris
  • 黄菖蒲 【キショウブ】 yellow iris

Kun reading compounds

  • 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
  • 小蒲 【こがま】 Typha orientalis
  • 蒲 【かば】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace, reddish yellow
  • 樺色 【かばいろ】 reddish yellow
  • 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
  • 蒲魚 【かまとと】 feigning ignorance, feigning naivety, pretense of innocence, person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive, faux-naïf
  • カニ蒲 【カニかま】 imitation crab meat, crab sticks

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu2
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • espadaña
  • anea

Portuguese

French

  • massette (typha latifolia)
1598 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4021 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1993 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2932 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1855 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31611X Morohashi
2504 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5156 New Nelson (John Haig)
1838 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1981 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
4412.7 Four corner code
1-19-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84b2 Unicode hex code

久

3 strokes
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
入 ノ 久
long time, old story
Kun:
ひさ.しい
On:
キュウ、 ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
688 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 旧痾 【キュウア】 persistent disease
  • 久安 【キュウアン】 Kyūan era (1145.7.22-1151.1.26)
  • 恒久 【コウキュウ】 permanence, perpetuity
  • 耐久 【タイキュウ】 endurance, persistence
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 久遠 【クオン】 eternity
  • 上手く行く 【ウマクイク】 to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations
  • 阿摩美久 【アマミキヨ】 Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 久しい 【ひさしい】 long (time that has passed), old (story)

Readings

Japanese names:
きゅ、 わ、 なが、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • mucho tiempo
  • largo tiempo
  • largo
  • continuado por mucho tiempo

Portuguese

  • tempo longo
  • estória antiga

French

  • longtemps
  • vieille histoire
582 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
676 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
647 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
591 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
153 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
704 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
289 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
45 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1210 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1273 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1097 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
20 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1025 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
118 Morohashi
3384 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
47 New Nelson (John Haig)
1016 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1092 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
641 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2562 2001 Kanji
0a3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
2780.0 Four corner code
1-21-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e45 Unicode hex code

喜

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
并 口 士 豆
rejoice, take pleasure in
Kun:
よろこ.ぶ、 よろこ.ばす
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
769 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 喜劇 【キゲキ】 comedy
  • 喜寿 【キジュ】 77th birthday
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 悲喜 【ヒキ】 joys and sorrows

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 きゅ、 のぶ、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • alegría
  • júbilo
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • Alegrar-se
  • ter prazer em

French

  • se réjouir
  • prendre plaisir à
370 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
564 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2889 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1457 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3957 Morohashi
2308 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 New Nelson (John Haig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-20-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559c Unicode hex code

放

8 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
方 乞 攵
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Kun:
はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
  • 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
  • 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
  • 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions

Kun reading compounds

  • 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
  • 放つ 【はなつ】 to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
  • 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
  • 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
  • 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished

Readings

Japanese names:
はなれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang4
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dejar libre
  • soltar
  • liberar
  • emitir
  • separarse
  • abandonar

Portuguese

  • libertar
  • liberação
  • fogo
  • disparar
  • emitir
  • banir
  • liberar

French

  • libérer
  • relâcher
  • renvoyer
  • enflammer
  • bannir
  • émettre
512 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
414 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
391 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
282 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2084 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
287 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
585 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
606 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
512 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
723 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
935 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1058 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
570 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
507 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13133 Morohashi
853 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2333 New Nelson (John Haig)
496 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
325 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
314 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4h4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-42-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653e Unicode hex code

送

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
一 二 并 込 大
escort, send
Kun:
おく.る
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 送球 【ソウキュウ】 throwing a ball, handball
  • 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
  • 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial
  • 移送 【イソウ】 transfer, transport, transportation

Kun reading compounds

  • 送る 【おくる】 to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit, to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person), to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury, to spend (time), to live one's life, to pass (down the line), to affix okurigana

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song4
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • enviar
  • remitir
  • expedir

Portuguese

  • acompanhante
  • enviar

French

  • escorter
  • envoyer
268 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
349 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
331 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
220 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
192 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
260 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
441 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
447 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3837 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2664 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2035 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38842P Morohashi
3093 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6039 New Nelson (John Haig)
2016 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2172 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
440 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2q6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
3830.3 Four corner code
1-33-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9001 Unicode hex code

所

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 尸 戸 斤
place, extent
Kun:
ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 所 【ショ】 counter for places
  • 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
  • 高所 【コウショ】 high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view
  • 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kun reading compounds

  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 一所 【いっしょ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
  • 痛いところ 【いたいところ】 one's weak point, one's sore spot, raw nerve
  • 所か 【どころか】 far from, anything but, not at all ... but rather ..., not ..., on the contrary, ..., instead of, rather than, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less, not only ... (but also ...)
  • 所じゃない 【どころじゃない】 not the time for, not the place for, far from, anything but, ... is out of the question, ... isn't the word for it
  • 大所 【おおどころ】 wealthy family, important person, bigwig
  • 居所 【いどころ】 whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence
  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 早いとこ 【はやいとこ】 promptly, quickly
  • 僕んとこ 【ぼくんとこ】 at my place

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • lugar

Portuguese

  • Lugar

French

  • lieu
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
328 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11715X Morohashi
851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 New Nelson (John Haig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
305 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3054 2001 Kanji
4m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
7222.1 Four corner code
1-29-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6240 Unicode hex code