Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tall 高 (髙)
Parts:
tall, high, expensive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 高 【コウ】 high, high school
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
  • 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury

Kun reading compounds

  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
  • 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
  • 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
  • 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
  • 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • alto
  • caro
  • sobresaliente
  • elevar
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • Caro
  • alto

French

  • haut
  • élevé
  • grand
  • cher
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
119 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
49 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
160 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
102 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1163 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45313 Morohashi
2097 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6796 New Nelson (John Haig)
307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
135 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-25-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ad8 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor
Parts:
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun:
さむらい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
  • 士官 【シカン】 officer
  • 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
  • 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant

Kun reading compounds

  • 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
  • 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • caballero
  • samurai
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • cavalheiro
  • samurai

French

  • gentilhomme
  • samouraï
  • radical samouraï (no. 33)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
572 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4213 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5638 Morohashi
3405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1117 New Nelson (John Haig)
319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
386 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3p0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-27-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58eb Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
bargain, reason, charge, suspicion, point, account, purity, honest, low price, cheap, rested, contented, peaceful
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2066 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廉 【レン】 cheap, inexpensive, pure, honest, upright
  • 廉価 【レンカ】 low price, moderate price
  • 清廉 【セイレン】 honest, upright, cleanhanded, unselfish
  • 低廉 【テイレン】 cheap, inexpensive

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeom

Spanish

  • noble
  • puro
  • honrado
  • sincero
  • barato

Portuguese

  • pechincha
  • razão
  • carga
  • suspeita
  • ponto
  • conta
  • pureza
  • preço baixo
  • honesto
  • barato
  • descansado
  • pacífica
  • satisfeita

French

  • bonne affaire
  • raison
  • charge
  • suspicion
  • pas cher
  • point
  • compte
  • pureté
  • honnête
  • reposé
  • satisfait
  • paisible
1932 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1752 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1514 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1262 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2042 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1689 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1804 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1729 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
597 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3911 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2720 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1615 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9436X Morohashi
3153 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 New Nelson (John Haig)
1601 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1727 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1621 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-10 SKIP code
0023.7 Four corner code
1-46-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ec9 Unicode hex code