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鳩

13 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
九 杰 鳥
pigeon, dove
Kun:
はと、 あつ.める
On:
キュウ、 ク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1637 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鳩首 【キュウシュ】 going into a huddle
  • 糾合 【キュウゴウ】 rally, muster
  • 鶚 【ミサゴ】 osprey (Pandion haliaetus), fish hawk
  • 軍鳩 【グンキュウ】 carrier pigeon, war pigeon
  • 鳩槃荼 【クハンダ】 Kumbhanda, demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality

Kun reading compounds

  • 鳩 【はと】 pigeon, dove
  • 鳩が豆鉄砲を食ったよう 【はとがまめでっぽうをくったよう】 like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
  • レース鳩 【レースはと】 racing pigeon, homing pigeon
  • 白鳩 【しろはと】 dove

Readings

Japanese names:
やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • paloma

Portuguese

French

  • pigeon
  • colombe
5342 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1825 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2273 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1965 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46648 Morohashi
163 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6936 New Nelson (John Haig)
1946 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2096 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11b2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
4702.7 Four corner code
1-40-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ce9 Unicode hex code

豆

7 strokes
Radical:
bean 豆
Parts:
并 口 豆
beans, pea, midget
Kun:
まめ、 まめ-
On:
トウ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 豆腐 【トウフ】 tofu, bean curd, beancurd
  • 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
  • 緑豆 【リョクトウ】 mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram
  • 菜豆 【サイトウ】 haricot, kidney bean
  • 豆打 【ズンダ】 mashed boiled green soybeans
  • 小豆 【アズキ】 adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
  • 大豆 【ダイズ】 soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy

Kun reading compounds

  • 豆 【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child
  • 豆知識 【まめちしき】 trivia, snippet of knowledge
  • 枝豆 【えだまめ】 edamame (green soybeans)
  • ライ豆 【ライまめ】 lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean

Readings

Japanese names:
ど、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dou4
Korean:
du

Spanish

  • legumbres
  • habichuelas
  • prefijo diminutivo

Portuguese

  • feijões
  • ervilha
  • nanico

French

  • haricot
  • pois
  • infime
379 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1640 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
988 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4465 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1044 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1773 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
438 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
988 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
471 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1715 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2442 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1235 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1452 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36245 Morohashi
1943 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1440 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1548 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
288 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3073 2001 Kanji
3d4.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
1010.8 Four corner code
1-38-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c46 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

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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

砲

10 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
勹 口 已 石
cannon, gun
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 砲 【ホウ】 gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance
  • 砲火 【ホウカ】 gunfire, fire
  • 迫撃砲 【ハクゲキホウ】 mortar
  • 大砲 【タイホウ】 (large) gun, cannon, artillery, long-ball hitter, home-run hitter

Readings

Japanese names:
づつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pao4
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • cañón
  • pistola

Portuguese

  • canhão
  • arma

French

  • canon
  • fusil
1800 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1217 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
993 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1569 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1764 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1894 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1631 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1402 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1479 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
785 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1065 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
538 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24120P Morohashi
1151 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3998 New Nelson (John Haig)
532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1372 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3356 2001 Kanji
5a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
1761.2 Four corner code
1-43-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7832 Unicode hex code

食

9 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
食
eat, food
Kun:
く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
On:
ショク、 ジキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
  • 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
  • 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
  • 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
  • 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Kun reading compounds

  • 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
  • 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
  • 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
  • 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
  • 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
  • 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, si4
Korean:
sig, sa

Spanish

  • alimento
  • comida
  • eclipse
  • comer

Portuguese

  • comer
  • comida
  • alimento

French

  • manger
  • nourriture
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
146 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
269 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
283 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
322 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1900 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1484 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44014 Morohashi
2075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6674 New Nelson (John Haig)
1472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
207 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
180 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-31-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98df Unicode hex code