Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide
Parts:
Variants:
shoes
Kun:
くつ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1561 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 靴帯 【カタイ】 ankle strap (for fastening a shoe)
  • 靴の沓 【カノクツ】 black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)
  • 軍靴 【グンカ】 military shoes, combat boots
  • 製靴 【セイカ】 shoe-making

Kun reading compounds

  • 靴 【くつ】 shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear
  • 靴下 【くつした】 socks, sock, stockings, stocking
  • 胴付長靴 【どうつきながくつ】 waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
  • 厚底靴 【あつぞこぐつ】 platform shoes, thick-soled shoes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • zapatos

Portuguese

  • sapatos

French

  • chaussure
1052 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1446 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1907 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1004 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1076 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
995 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1878 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2235 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1912 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42729 Morohashi
1781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6576 New Nelson (John Haig)
1894 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2042 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1687 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k10.34 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
1-8-4 SKIP code
4451.0 Four corner code
4151.0 Four corner code
1-23-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9774 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sound
Parts:
sound, noise
Kun:
おと
On:
オンイン-ノン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 音 【オン】 sound, noise, (speech) sound, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
  • 音楽 【オンガク】 music
  • 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
  • 防音 【ボウオン】 soundproofing
  • 音信 【オンシン】 correspondence, news, letter, tidings
  • 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
  • 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
  • 唐音 【トウオン】 tō-on, Tang reading, on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

Kun reading compounds

  • 音 【おと】 sound, noise, (musical) note, fame
  • 音孔 【おとあな】 tone hole
  • 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
  • 風音 【かざおと】 sound of the wind
  • 音 【ね】 sound, tone, note, ring, chirp
  • 音色 【ねいろ】 tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre
  • 弱音 【よわね】 feeble complaint, whine
  • 高音 【こうおん】 high-pitched tone, soprano

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
eum

Spanish

  • sonido
  • ruido

Portuguese

  • som
  • barulho

French

  • son
  • bruit
50 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
33 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
6 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
402 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
206 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
274 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
962 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
347 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
347 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
620 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1879 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2570 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
490 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43265 Morohashi
2070 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6607 New Nelson (John Haig)
479 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
518 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
78 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
478 2001 Kanji
5b4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
0060.1 Four corner code
1-18-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97f3 Unicode hex code