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薬

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
冫 艾 日 木
Variants:
藥
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun:
くすり
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
  • 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
  • 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kun reading compounds

  • 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
  • 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

Readings

Japanese names:
み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • remédio
  • produto químico
  • esmalte
  • pólvora
  • benefício

French

  • médicament
  • produit chimique
  • émail
  • poudre à canon
  • bénéfice
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
323 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
672 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32188PX Morohashi
2375 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5224 New Nelson (John Haig)
1736 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k13.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-44-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ac Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code

乱

7 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
乙 口 舌
Variants:
亂
riot, war, disorder, disturb
Kun:
みだ.れる、 みだ.る、 みだ.す、 みだ、 おさ.める、 わた.る
On:
ラン、 ロン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
755 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 乱 【ラン】 revolt, rebellion, war
  • 乱獲 【ランカク】 excessive fishing, overfishing, overhunting, excessive taking
  • 動乱 【ドウラン】 disturbance, upheaval, unrest, war, riot
  • 騒乱 【ソウラン】 disturbance, riot, mayhem
  • 胡乱 【ウロン】 suspicious-looking, fishy

Kun reading compounds

  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱す 【みだす】 to throw into disorder, to disarrange, to disturb (order, peace, etc.), to corrupt (public morals), to dishevel (hair)
  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱れ 【みだれ】 disorder, disturbance, unrest

Readings

Japanese names:
ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luan4
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • disturbio
  • desorden
  • confusión
  • absurdamente
  • irrazonablemente
  • guerra
  • confundirse
  • estar desordenado
  • ser molestado
  • confundir
  • desordenar
  • molestar

Portuguese

  • distúrbio
  • guerra
  • desordenar
  • perturbar

French

  • tumulte
  • émeute
  • troubles
  • désordre
  • guerre
  • confusion
999 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
989 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
734 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
912 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
290 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
437 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
689 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
702 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
932 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
28 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
72 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
187 Morohashi
1260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
60 New Nelson (John Haig)
72 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
76 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
856 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2256 2001 Kanji
3d4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-1 SKIP code
2261.0 Four corner code
1-45-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e71 Unicode hex code

用

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Kun:
もち.いる
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code

頭

16 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 并 口 目 豆 貝 頁
head, counter for large animals
Kun:
あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
On:
トウ、 ズ、 ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
  • 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
  • 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
  • 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
  • 頭 【ズ】 head
  • 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
  • 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
  • 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
  • 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
  • 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
  • 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat

Kun reading compounds

  • 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
  • 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
  • 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
  • ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
  • 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
  • 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
  • お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
  • 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  • 頭 【かぶり】 head
  • 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)

Readings

Japanese names:
かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou2, tou5
Korean:
du

Spanish

  • cabeza
  • principio
  • delantera

Portuguese

  • cabeça
  • sufixo para contagem de animais grandes

French

  • tête
  • compteur de gros animaux
294 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
186 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
386 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
519 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
275 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2504 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
276 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
166 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1889 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2019 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1453 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43490 Morohashi
1604 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6639 New Nelson (John Haig)
1441 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
234 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
238 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
9a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
1118.6 Four corner code
1-38-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
982d Unicode hex code

痛

12 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
マ 用 疔
pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Kun:
いた.い、 いた.む、 いた.ましい、 いた.める
On:
ツウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 痛 【ツウ】 pain, ache, -algia
  • 痛感 【ツウカン】 feeling keenly, fully realizing
  • 悲痛 【ヒツウ】 grief, sorrow, extreme sadness, heartbreak
  • 沈痛 【チンツウ】 grave, sad, mournful, sorrowful, pensive

Kun reading compounds

  • 痛い 【いたい】 painful, sore, cringy, embarrassing
  • 痛々しい 【いたいたしい】 pitiful, pathetic, painful to look at
  • 痛む 【いたむ】 to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged
  • 痛ましい 【いたましい】 pitiful, heartbreaking, heartrending, touching, tragic, sad, hurtful
  • 痛める 【いためる】 to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong4
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • dolor
  • daño
  • herida
  • doloroso
  • herirse
  • herir

Portuguese

  • dor
  • ferida
  • injúria
  • contusão

French

  • douleur
  • mal
  • dommage
  • contusion, bleu
954 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
943 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
769 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
750 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1320 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1402 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
346 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1353 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4071 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2065 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2799 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1706 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22195 Morohashi
3285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3814 New Nelson (John Haig)
1690 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1825 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
953 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
5i7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-7 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-36-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75db Unicode hex code