Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
boast, be proud, pride, triumphantly
Kun:
ほこ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誇張 【コチョウ】 exaggeration
  • 誇大 【コダイ】 exaggeration, hyperbole

Kun reading compounds

  • 誇る 【ほこる】 to boast of, to be proud of, to take pride in

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • orgullo
  • jactancia
  • alarde
  • exageración
  • enorgullecerse
  • alardear
  • ostentar
  • exagerar

Portuguese

  • contar vantagem
  • estar orgulhoso
  • orgulho
  • triunfantemente

French

  • vantardise
  • orgueil
  • fierté
  • triomphant
1233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1157 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4354 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1202 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1753 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1629 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
950 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1679 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1921 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1022 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1381 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1252 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35474 Morohashi
1522 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5605 New Nelson (John Haig)
1244 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1332 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1666 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3052 2001 Kanji
7a6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
1-7-7 SKIP code
0462.7 Four corner code
1-24-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a87 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
Variants:
face, expression
Kun:
かお
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 顔 【カオ】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
  • 顔色 【カオイロ】 complexion, one's colour, one's color, countenance, expression, one's face
  • 美顔 【ビガン】 beautiful face, facial care, facial treatment
  • 童顔 【ドウガン】 child's face, childlike face, boyish face, baby face

Kun reading compounds

  • 顔 【かお】 face, visage, look, expression, countenance, honor, honour, face, influence, notoriety
  • 顔合わせ 【かおあわせ】 meeting together, introduction, costarring, appearing together, being matched, facing off
  • いい顔 【いいかお】 big-shot, influential person, happy face, smiling face, sympathetic attitude, getting along with, being all smiles, good looks, nice face
  • 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • cara
  • faz
  • semblante
  • rostro
  • expresión

Portuguese

  • rosto
  • expressão

French

  • visage
  • expression
179 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
103 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
93 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
527 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5139 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
481 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
277 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2754 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
277 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
277 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
573 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1893 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2277 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1608 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1733 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43591P Morohashi
1808 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6648 New Nelson (John Haig)
1717 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1853 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
355 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
239 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
461 2001 Kanji
9a9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-9 SKIP code
0128.6 Four corner code
1-20-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9854 Unicode hex code