Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hemp, flax
Parts:
广
Variants:
hemp, flax, numb
Kun:
あさ
On:
マア
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 麻酔 【マスイ】 anaesthesia, anesthesia
  • 大麻 【タイマ】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
  • 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)
  • 麻雀 【マージャン】 mahjong, mah-jongg

Kun reading compounds

  • 麻 【あさ】 cannabis (Cannabis sativa), hemp (plant), hemp (fiber), linen, flax, jute
  • 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 大麻 【たいま】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
  • 絹麻 【きぬあさ】 thin linen polished to appear like silk

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あざ、 お
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ma2, ma1
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • cáñamo
  • lino
  • entumecerse

Portuguese

  • cânhamo
  • linho

French

  • chanvre
  • lin
1829 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1118 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5390 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1924 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1508 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1529 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1938 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3878 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
600 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47888 Morohashi
3125 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7040 New Nelson (John Haig)
593 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
637 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1502 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0029.4 Four corner code
1-43-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ebb Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
straw rope, cord
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1075 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
  • 縄鏢 【ジョウヒョウ】 rope dart, rope javelin
  • 絞縄 【コウジョウ】 hangman's noose, halter, rope to hang a criminal
  • 結縄 【ケツジョウ】 knotted cord or rope, quipu, quippu

Kun reading compounds

  • 縄 【なわ】 rope, cord, policeman's rope
  • 縄張り 【なわばり】 stretching a rope around, roping off, cordoning off, demarcation, one's turf, domain, territory, jurisdiction, sphere of influence, territory (of an animal)
  • 腰縄 【こしなわ】 leash, rope tied round prisoner's waists
  • 延縄 【はえなわ】 longline

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng2
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • cuerda de paja
  • cordón
  • soga

Portuguese

  • corda de palha
  • corda

French

  • corde
  • corde de paille
1420 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1005 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3568 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1642 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2653 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1760 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1890 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1568 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1550 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
942 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1271 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1389 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27729 Morohashi
1388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4547 New Nelson (John Haig)
1377 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1477 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1793 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6a9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2691.6 Four corner code
1-38-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e04 Unicode hex code