Jisho

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15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
an ancient Chinese province
On:
テイジョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁重 【テイチョウ】 polite, courteous, hospitable
  • 鄭氏政権 【テイシセイケン】 Kingdom of Tungning (Taiwan, 1661-1683), Koxinga dynasty

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4774 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2379 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39647X Morohashi
1888 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6155 New Nelson (John Haig)
2425 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2503 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-3 SKIP code
1-12-2 SKIP code
7712.7 Four corner code
8742.7 Four corner code
1-37-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
912d Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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Readings

Japanese names:
りゅう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
yug

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1972 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
16740X Morohashi
3009 New Nelson (John Haig)
2j6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
8051.3 Four corner code
1-61-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd3 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
excel, excellence, beauty, surpass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 秀 【シュウ】 preeminence, supremacy, distinction, excellence
  • 秀作 【シュウサク】 excellent (piece of) work
  • 閨秀 【ケイシュウ】 accomplished lady, talented woman, eminent woman
  • 清秀 【セイシュウ】 having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face

Kun reading compounds

  • 秀でる 【ひいでる】 to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out

Readings

Japanese names:
しゅ、 しょう、 ひで、 ひでし、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • sobresaliente
  • excelente
  • sobresalir
  • sobrepasar

Portuguese

  • superar
  • excelência
  • beleza
  • superação

French

  • excellence
  • exceller
  • beauté
  • dépasser
1355 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
859 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3263 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
973 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1582 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
726 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1683 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1798 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1171 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1429 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3152 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
923 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24911 Morohashi
2545 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4123 New Nelson (John Haig)
914 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
980 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1142 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2245 2001 Kanji
5d2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-1-7 SKIP code
2-1-6 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-29-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79c0 Unicode hex code