Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
electricity
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 電化 【デンカ】 electrification
  • 電圧 【デンアツ】 voltage
  • 送電 【ソウデン】 transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply
  • 配電 【ハイデン】 distribution of electricity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • electricidad
  • eléctrico

Portuguese

  • eletricidade

French

  • électricité
286 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
197 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
125 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5050 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
222 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
98 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2025 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
108 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
61 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1862 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2431 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
541 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42253 Morohashi
2790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6526 New Nelson (John Haig)
535 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
574 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
332 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
228 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3156 2001 Kanji
8d5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
1071.6 Four corner code
1-37-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96fb Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
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

Speed

Stroke order

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

11 strokes
Radical:
fish
Parts:
fish
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
  • 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
  • 鮮魚 【センギョ】 fresh fish
  • 稚魚 【チギョ】 fry, juvenile fish, fingerling

Kun reading compounds

  • 魚 【さかな】 fish
  • 魚市場 【うおいちば】 fish market
  • 川魚 【かわうお】 river fish, freshwater fish
  • 活魚 【かつぎょ】 live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
  • 魚 【さかな】 fish
  • 魚釣り 【さかなつり】 fishing
  • 旬の魚 【しゅんのさかな】 fish in season

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • pez
  • pescado

Portuguese

  • peixe

French

  • poisson
190 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
109 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
98 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1008 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
603 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
103 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1485 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
290 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
290 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
485 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1931 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2636 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1345 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1825 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
173 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45956 Morohashi
2127 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6845 New Nelson (John Haig)
171 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
183 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
11a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-7-4 SKIP code
2733.6 Four corner code
1-21-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b5a Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
haven, port, harbor, ferry
Kun:
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 津液 【シンエキ】 saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
  • 津々 【シンシン】 gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless
  • 京津 【ケイシン】 Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu
  • 入津 【ニュウシン】 entering a port

Kun reading compounds

  • 津 【つ】 Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry
  • 津波 【つなみ】 tsunami, tidal wave
  • 大津 【おおつ】 Ōtsu (city in Shiga)
  • 秋津 【あきつ】 dragonfly

Readings

Japanese names:
ず、 ち、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • puerto
  • transbordador
  • desbordado
  • inundado

Portuguese

  • abrigo
  • porto
  • balsa

French

  • havre
  • port
  • bac
1434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2543 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
975 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1469 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
826 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
668 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
466 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
334 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17396 Morohashi
390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3122 New Nelson (John Haig)
328 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1275 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3510.7 Four corner code
1-36-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d25 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code