Jisho

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透

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
ノ 乃 込 禾
transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
Kun:
す.く、 す.かす、 す.ける、 とう.る、 とう.す
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 透明 【トウメイ】 transparent, clear
  • 透析 【トウセキ】 dialysis
  • 失透 【シットウ】 devitrification
  • 市場浸透 【シジョウシントウ】 market penetration

Kun reading compounds

  • 透く 【すく】 to be transparent, to leave a gap
  • 透かす 【すかす】 to look through, to hold up to the light, to make an opening, to leave space, to space (lines), to prune (trees), to fart without making a sound
  • 透ける 【すける】 to be transparent, to show through
  • 透水 【とうすい】 permeation (e.g. of water), percolation, seepage
  • 透水性 【とうすいせい】 permeability

Readings

Japanese names:
とおる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou4
Korean:
tu

Spanish

  • permear
  • penetrar
  • filtrar

Portuguese

  • transparente
  • permeear
  • filtrar
  • penetrar

French

  • transparent
  • s'infiltrer
  • pénétrer
1647 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1592 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4699 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1152 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1807 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1685 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1800 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1746 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
698 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
924 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38876P Morohashi
3108 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6059 New Nelson (John Haig)
915 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
981 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2245 2001 Kanji
2q7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
3230.2 Four corner code
1-38-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
900f Unicode hex code

明

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 月
Variants:
朙
bright, light
Kun:
あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
On:
メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
67 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 明 【メイ】 brightness, discernment, insight, an eye (for), eyesight, vision, nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
  • 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
  • 公明 【コウメイ】 fairness, openness, impartiality, Komeito (Japanese political party)
  • 英明 【エイメイ】 intelligent, wise, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted
  • 明 【ミョウ】 vidya (wisdom), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.)
  • 明日 【アシタ】 tomorrow, near future
  • 光明 【コウミョウ】 bright light, hope, bright future, light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
  • 内明 【ナイミョウ】 adhyatma vidya (one of the five sciences of ancient India), science of spirituality
  • 明 【ミン】 Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644)
  • 明楽 【ミンガク】 Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
  • 胡志明 【ホーチミン】 Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Nguyen Tat Thanh, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)

Kun reading compounds

  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明り先 【あかりさき】 source of light
  • 明るい 【あかるい】 light, well-lit, well-lighted, bright (of a colour), brightly-coloured, brightly-colored, cheerful, bright, spirited, sunny (e.g. disposition), encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.), promising, of fair prospects, familiar (with), knowledgeable (about), well versed (in), fair (e.g. politics), clean, impartial
  • 明るむ 【あかるむ】 to brighten, to grow light
  • 明らむ 【あからむ】 to become luminous at dawn (esp. the sky)
  • 明らか 【あきらか】 clear, obvious, evident, plain, definite, bright, light
  • 明らかにする 【あきらかにする】 to make clear, to clarify, to disclose, to make public
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • 明くる 【あくる】 next (day, morning, etc.), following
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day
  • 明かす 【あかす】 to pass (the night), to spend, to reveal, to divulge, to disclose, to expose, to prove, to verify

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あけ、 あす、 きら、 け、 さや、 さやか、 とし、 はる、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • luz
  • brillo
  • claridad
  • listo
  • inteligente
  • claro
  • luminoso
  • iluminar
  • aclarar

Portuguese

  • brilhante
  • luz

French

  • clair
  • lumière
141 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
228 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
208 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
84 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
58 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
186 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
18 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
106 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
984 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13805 Morohashi
855 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2435 New Nelson (John Haig)
20 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
20 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
167 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3846 2001 Kanji
4c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
6702.0 Four corner code
1-44-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
660e Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

彩

11 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
彡 木 爪
coloring, paint, makeup
Kun:
いろど.る
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1251 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 彩雲 【サイウン】 iridescent clouds, glowing clouds
  • 油彩 【ユサイ】 oil painting
  • 光彩 【コウサイ】 brilliance, splendour, splendor, lustre, luster

Kun reading compounds

  • 彩る 【いろどる】 to colour, to color, to paint, to apply make-up, to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 さ、 さえ、 つや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai3
Korean:
chae

Spanish

  • color
  • coloración
  • colorido
  • colorear

Portuguese

  • colorindo
  • pintura
  • maquilagem

French

  • colorer
  • peindre
  • maquillage
1290 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1341 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1590 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1660 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1273 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1413 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
932 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
959 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1619 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
616 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1502 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1730 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9992X Morohashi
1681 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1718 New Nelson (John Haig)
1714 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1850 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1429 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2060 2001 Kanji
3j8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
2292.2 Four corner code
1-26-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f69 Unicode hex code