Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
blue, green
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
  • 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
  • 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
  • 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
  • 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green

Kun reading compounds

  • 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
  • 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
  • プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
  • 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
  • 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
  • 青色 【あおいろ】 blue

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • azul
  • verde
  • pálido

Portuguese

  • verde
  • azul
  • imaturo
  • verde-claro

French

  • bleu
  • vert
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
52 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
43 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
390 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5076 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
331 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
273 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
700 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
208 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1871 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1573 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42564P Morohashi
2430 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6557 New Nelson (John Haig)
1534 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1654 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
74 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1446 2001 Kanji
4b4.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
5022.7 Four corner code
1-32-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9752 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
copper
Kun:
あかがね
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1505 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 銅 【ドウ】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 銅像 【ドウゾウ】 bronze statue
  • 白銅 【ハクドウ】 nickel and copper alloy
  • 精銅 【セイドウ】 refined copper

Kun reading compounds

  • 銅 【どう】 copper (Cu), bronze (medal)
  • 銅色 【どうしょく】 bronze color, copper color

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong2
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • cobre

Portuguese

  • cobre

French

  • cuivre
683 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
781 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
758 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1437 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4853 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
855 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
978 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1605 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1712 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1821 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
278 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40361 Morohashi
1721 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6266 New Nelson (John Haig)
272 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
290 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
800 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2849 2001 Kanji
8a6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8712.0 Four corner code
1-38-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9285 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
gorge, ravine
Kun:
はざま
On:
キョウコウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1833 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 峡谷 【キョウコク】 gorge, ravine, canyon, glen
  • 峡間 【キョウカン】 between the mountains
  • 国際海峡 【コクサイカイキョウ】 international strait
  • イギリス海峡 【イギリスカイキョウ】 English Channel

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 ば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia2
Korean:
hyeob

Spanish

  • desfiladero
  • barranco
  • garganta

Portuguese

  • Garganta (montanha)
  • ravina

French

  • gorge
  • ravin
  • vallée étroite
1164 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1954 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1417 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1270 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1078 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1352 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1435 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1294 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
541 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
427 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
264 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
318 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1273 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8068P Morohashi
357 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1465 New Nelson (John Haig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1355 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1247 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1263 2001 Kanji
3o6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2573.0 Four corner code
1-22-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ce1 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code