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鉄

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
ノ 二 大 矢 金 乞
Variants:
銕 鐵 鐡 鋨
iron
Kun:
くろがね
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
  • 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
  • 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
  • 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒金 【くろがね】 iron

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 てっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie3
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

  • hierro
  • acero

Portuguese

  • ferro

French

  • fer
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
374 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4844 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
242 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
976 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1814 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
854 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40285 Morohashi
1711 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6253 New Nelson (John Haig)
846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
422 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2863 2001 Kanji
8a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8513.0 Four corner code
1-37-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9244 Unicode hex code

芽

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 牙
bud, sprout, spear, germ
Kun:
め
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 芽球 【ガキュウ】 gemmule, blast (cell)
  • 芽殖孤虫 【ガショクコチュウ】 Sparganum proliferum (species of worm)
  • 発芽 【ハツガ】 germination, sprouting, budding
  • 無性芽 【ムセイガ】 gemma

Kun reading compounds

  • 芽 【め】 sprout, shoot, bud, germinal disk (in an egg)
  • 目出度い 【めでたい】 happy, auspicious, propitious, joyous, naive
  • 若芽 【わかめ】 sprouts, new shoots, young buds
  • 脇芽 【わきめ】 axillary bud, lateral bud, side shoots (e.g. of a tomato or broccoli plant), side buds, suckers

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 めぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2, di2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • brote
  • germen

Portuguese

  • botão
  • broto
  • brotar
  • germe (planta)

French

  • bourgeon
  • pousse
  • brin
  • germe
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
457 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1676 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
709 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1697 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1455 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1549 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1835 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
645 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2784 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1429 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1924 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30860P Morohashi
2240 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5002 New Nelson (John Haig)
1905 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2054 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
497 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1947 2001 Kanji
3k5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4424.1 Four corner code
1-18-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82bd Unicode hex code

球

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 水 王
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

貧

11 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 刀 目 貝
poverty, poor
Kun:
まず.しい
On:
ヒン、 ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 貧 【ヒン】 poverty, penury, want, need, insufficiency, shortage, deficiency
  • 貧血 【ヒンケツ】 anemia, anaemia
  • 清貧 【セイヒン】 honourable poverty, honorable poverty
  • 極貧 【ゴクヒン】 destitution
  • 貧乏 【ビンボウ】 poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
  • 貧乏人 【ビンボウニン】 poor person, the poor

Kun reading compounds

  • 貧しい 【まずしい】 poor, needy, lacking (quantity and quality-wise), poor, scanty, skimpy, slight, inadequate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin2
Korean:
bin

Spanish

  • pobreza
  • pobre
  • escaso

Portuguese

  • pobreza
  • pobre

French

  • pauvre
  • pauvreté
705 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
798 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
777 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1282 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
600 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
836 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
920 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1498 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
753 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
766 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
859 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1727 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2631 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1344 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
789 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36677 Morohashi
2123 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5782 New Nelson (John Haig)
782 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
845 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
745 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2061 2001 Kanji
2o9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
8080.6 Four corner code
1-41-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca7 Unicode hex code

血

6 strokes
Radical:
blood 血
Parts:
皿 血
blood
Kun:
ち
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 血液 【ケツエキ】 blood
  • 血圧 【ケツアツ】 blood pressure
  • 脳出血 【ノウシュッケツ】 cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage
  • 熱血 【ネッケツ】 hot blood, warm blood, zeal, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, enthusiasm

Kun reading compounds

  • 血 【ち】 blood, blood, ancestry, lineage, stock, (the) blood, feelings, passions
  • 血筋 【ちすじ】 lineage, stock, descent, strain, blood relationship
  • 黄色い血 【きいろいち】 blood low in blood cells (caused by frequent blood donations), yellow blood
  • 生き血 【いきち】 lifeblood

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie3, xue4
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • sangre
  • consanguinidad

Portuguese

  • sangue

French

  • sang
389 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
288 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
270 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
637 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4205 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
344 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
789 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
803 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1611 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4339 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1460 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33964 Morohashi
3526 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1448 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
489 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
874 2001 Kanji
5h1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2710.0 Four corner code
1-23-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8840 Unicode hex code