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赤

7 strokes
Radical:
red, naked 赤
Parts:
土 赤
red
Kun:
あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
On:
セキ、 シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
584 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Japanese Red Army, JRA
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
  • 七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
  • 日赤 【ニッセキ】 Japanese Red Cross Society (abbr), Nisseki
  • 赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
  • 赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tan

Kun reading compounds

  • 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
  • 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 紅赤 【べにあか】 beniaka, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region, bright red tinged with yellow
  • 真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
  • 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist
  • 赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), communism, the left
  • 赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
  • 赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あこ、 あま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi4
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • rojo
  • enrojecer
  • enrojecerse
  • sonrojarse

Portuguese

  • vermelho

French

  • rouge
35 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
51 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
46 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
476 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
254 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
443 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
207 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
207 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1751 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36993 Morohashi
2193 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5840 New Nelson (John Haig)
1743 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1880 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
406 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
68 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
3b4.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4023.1 Four corner code
4033.1 Four corner code
1-32-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d64 Unicode hex code

足

7 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
口 止 足
leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Kun:
あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
343 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 足 【ソク】 counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
  • 足跡 【アシアト】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 俊足 【シュンソク】 swiftness of foot, fast runner, swift horse, fleet steed, person of great talent, gifted person
  • 土足 【ドソク】 shod feet, wearing shoes, muddy feet, dirty feet

Kun reading compounds

  • 足 【あし】 foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait, pace, lower radical of a kanji, means of transportation, (one's) ride, money, coin
  • 足跡 【あしあと】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 出足 【であし】 turnout (of people), start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.), beginning, initial charge, dash
  • 客足 【きゃくあし】 customer traffic, customers, custom
  • 足りる 【たりる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足る 【たる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足るを知る 【たるをしる】 to know one has enough, to be satisfied with one's lot in life
  • 足す 【たす】 to add (numbers), to add (something), to top up (with something), to take care of (e.g. one's business)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あす、 おす、 たらし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu2, ju4
Korean:
jog, ju

Spanish

  • pierna
  • pie
  • ser suficiente
  • pata
  • bastar

Portuguese

  • perna
  • pé
  • ser suficiente

French

  • jambe
  • pied
  • suffire
  • ajouter
  • compteur de paires de chaussures
29 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
51 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
305 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
135 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
90 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
461 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
58 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
58 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1759 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2714 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1386 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1287 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37365 Morohashi
2188 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5856 New Nelson (John Haig)
1279 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1372 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
67 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3770 2001 Kanji
7d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
6080.1 Four corner code
1-34-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8db3 Unicode hex code

長

8 strokes
Radical:
long, grow 長 (镸)
Parts:
長
Variants:
兏 镸
long, leader, superior, senior
Kun:
なが.い、 おさ
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
  • 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
  • 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
  • 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician

Kun reading compounds

  • 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
  • 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
  • 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
  • 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
  • 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2, zhang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • largo
  • jefe
  • sobresaliente

Portuguese

  • Longo
  • ambicionar
  • líder
  • chefe

French

  • long
  • chef
116 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
189 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
173 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4938 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
155 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
95 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
939 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
95 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1837 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3163 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1939 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41100 Morohashi
2556 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6379 New Nelson (John Haig)
1920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2070 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
90 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
161 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3465 2001 Kanji
0a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
4-8-1 SKIP code
7173.2 Four corner code
1-36-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9577 Unicode hex code

元

4 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
二 儿 元
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲン、 ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

坊

7 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 方
boy, priest's residence, priest
On:
ボウ、 ボッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 坊 【ボウ】 bonze, monk, monk's dwelling, boy, son, sonny, I, me, little, person who is ...
  • 坊さん 【ボウサン】 Buddhist priest, monk, boy
  • 本因坊 【ホンインボウ】 Hon'inbō, Honinbo, grandmaster
  • 厨房 【チュウボウ】 kitchen, galley, (Internet) troll
  • 坊ちゃん 【ボッチャン】 (another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
  • 坊ちゃま 【ボッチャマ】 (another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1, fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • chico
  • muchacho
  • sacerdote

Portuguese

  • menino
  • residência do padre
  • padre
  • seu
  • ou seu menino

French

  • garçon
  • prêtre bouddhiste
  • moine
  • résidence du moine
1807 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1203 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1062 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1676 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
430 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
389 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1858 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
782 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
371 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
274 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
503 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4924 Morohashi
233 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
986 New Nelson (John Haig)
492 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
531 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
3b4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4012.7 Four corner code
1-43-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
574a Unicode hex code