1699 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
975 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4075 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1091 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
874 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2569 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1449 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1542 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
799 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
671 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3004 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2093 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
232 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32083P | Morohashi |
2370 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5225 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
227 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
242 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1850 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1009 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak
- 薄謝 【ハクシャ】 small consideration (remuneration, token of gratitude)
- 肉薄 【ニクハク】 closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.), coming close to, pressing hard, pressing hard (e.g. with a question), taking to task, grilling
- 精薄 【セイハク】 mental retardation (pejorative), mentally retarded
Kun reading compounds
- 薄い 【うすい】 thin (of an object), pale, light, faint, watery, thin, diluted, weak (taste, etc.), little (affection, etc.), not much (of a presence), slim (probability, etc.), small, sparse, patchy, scattered
- 薄板 【うすいた】 thin board, veneer, thin sheet of steel (3 mm or less), thin cloth, square wooden vase stand
- 薄める 【うすめる】 to dilute, to water down
- 薄まる 【うすまる】 to become weak
- 薄らぐ 【うすらぐ】 to become thin, to fade, to grow pale
- 薄れる 【うすれる】 to fade, to become dim
- 薄 【すすき】 Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis), maiden silvergrass, zebra grass
- 花薄 【はなすすき】 Japanese pampas grass in ear
Readings
- Korean:
- bag
Spanish
- pálido
- fino
- delgado
- diluirse
- debilitarse
- diluir
- aclarar
- palidecer
- desvanecerse
Portuguese
- diluir
- fraco
- ralo (chá)
French
- fin
- dilué
- léger (thé)
1948 | 2001 Kanji |
3k13.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-13 | SKIP code |
4414.6 | Four corner code |
1-39-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8584 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
- 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
- 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
- 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
- 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
- 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green
Kun reading compounds
- 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
- 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
- プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
- 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
- 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
- 青色 【あおいろ】 blue
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お
- Korean:
- cheong
Spanish
- azul
- verde
- pálido
Portuguese
- verde
- azul
- imaturo
- verde-claro
French
- bleu
- vert
36 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
52 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
43 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
390 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
331 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
273 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
700 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
208 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
208 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
47 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1871 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3084 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1573 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1548 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
42564P | Morohashi |
2430 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6557 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1654 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
393 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
74 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1446 | 2001 Kanji |
4b4.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
5022.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9752 | Unicode hex code |