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黄

11 strokes
Radical:
yellow 黃
Parts:
ハ 田 黄
yellow
Kun:
き、 こ-
On:
コウ、 オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 黄色 【キイロ】 yellow, amber
  • 黄昏 【タソガレ】 dusk, twilight, twilight years, melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
  • 玄黄 【ゲンコウ】 black and yellow silk (offered to gods), heaven and earth
  • 天地玄黄 【テンチゲンコウ】 heaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
  • 黄金時代 【オウゴンジダイ】 golden age
  • 黄金 【オウゴン】 gold (Au), golden, prosperous, excellent, superb, money (esp. ōban coin), cash
  • 卵黄 【ランオウ】 egg yolk
  • 六フッ化硫黄 【ロクフッカイオウ】 sulfur hexafluoride, SF6

Kun reading compounds

  • 黄 【き】 yellow
  • 黄色 【きいろ】 yellow, amber
  • 海気 【かいき】 sea air, sea breeze, ocean and atmosphere, type of yarn-dyed silk goods

Readings

Japanese names:
うい、 れい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang2
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • amarillo

Portuguese

  • amarelo

French

  • jaune
214 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
133 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
120 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1063 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5399 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1021 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1499 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
780 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
993 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1939 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3116 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1766 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47926P Morohashi
2468 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7045 New Nelson (John Haig)
1750 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1887 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1961 2001 Kanji
3k8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
2-9-2 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
4480.6 Four corner code
1-18-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ec4 Unicode hex code

塵

14 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 广 比 鹿
dust, trash, garbage
Kun:
ちり、 ごみ
On:
チン、 ジン

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On reading compounds

  • 塵 【ジン】 defilement, impurity, affliction, object (perceived with the mind or the senses), one billionth
  • 塵埃 【ジンアイ】 dust, dirt, dreary world, petty affairs of everyday life
  • 灰塵 【カイジン】 ashes and dust
  • 細塵 【サイジン】 fine dust

Kun reading compounds

  • 塵 【ちり】 dust, trash, garbage, rubbish, dirt, negligible amount, tiny bit, hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world, ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
  • ちり紙 【ちりがみ】 tissue paper, toilet paper
  • 塵 【ごみ】 rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse, litter
  • ゴミ箱 【ごみばこ】 trash can, garbage can, rubbish bin, dustbin
  • 粗大ごみ 【そだいごみ】 large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods), oversized garbage, bulky rubbish, useless man about the house, husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
  • 家庭ごみ 【かていごみ】 household garbage, household trash, household refuse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chen2
Korean:
jin

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5376 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2429 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3922 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5388 Morohashi
1087 New Nelson (John Haig)
2838 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2853 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3q11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-11 SKIP code
0021.4 Four corner code
1-31-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5875 Unicode hex code

万

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ
Variants:
萬
ten thousand, 10,000
Kun:
よろず
On:
マン、 バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 万 【マン】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 億万 【オクマン】 millions and millions
  • 永万 【エイマン】 Eiman era (1165.6.5-1166.8.27)
  • 万 【バン】 completely, absolutely, totally
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 千万 【センバン】 exceedingly, extremely, very many, indeed
  • 奇怪千万 【キカイセンバン】 very strange (mysterious, weird), bizarre, monstrous, outrageous

Kun reading compounds

  • 万 【まん】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
  • 八百万 【やおよろず】 myriad, countless things
  • ５００万 【ごひゃくまん】 5,000,000, five million, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ま、 ゆる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan4, mo4
Korean:
man, mug

Spanish

  • diez mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • dez mil

French

  • myriade
  • 10000
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
227 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
96 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
7 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
84 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
16 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
8 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
64 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10 Morohashi
2936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 New Nelson (John Haig)
64 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
68 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
215 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
86 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3145 2001 Kanji
0a3.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-43-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e07 Unicode hex code

丈

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 丶 ノ
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
Kun:
たけ、 だけ
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丈 【ジョウ】 3.03 meters (ten shaku), length, measure, Mr., Mrs.
  • 丈夫 【ジョウブ】 healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable
  • 気丈 【キジョウ】 stout-hearted, firm, courageous, brave, tough
  • 方丈 【ホウジョウ】 square jō (approx. 10 sq feet), abbot's chamber, chief priest

Kun reading compounds

  • 丈 【たけ】 height, stature, length (esp. of clothing), all (one has), everything, magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
  • 丈比べ 【たけくらべ】 comparison of statures
  • 草丈 【くさたけ】 rice plant's height
  • 着丈 【きたけ】 dress length
  • 丈 【だけ】 only, just, merely, simply, no more than, nothing but, alone, as much as, to the extent of, enough to
  • 丈に 【だけに】 as one would expect from ..., given that ... (naturally ...), because ..., being ..., precisely because ..., all the more because of ..., on account of ..., ... being what it is, only to, only for, only in
  • 一度だけ 【いちどだけ】 only once
  • 七分丈 【しちぶたけ】 three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 ますら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • unidad de longitud (10 pies)
  • altura
  • sólido
  • fuerte
  • longitud

Portuguese

  • comprimento
  • 10 pés
  • medida
  • Sra.
  • Dona.
  • altura
  • estatura
  • todo
  • únicamente
  • isto é tudo
  • meramente

French

  • longueur
  • 10 pieds (jo)
  • mesure
  • M
  • Mme
  • taille
  • stature
  • tout (ce qu'on a)
  • seulement
  • c'est tout
1415 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1317 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
151 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
962 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1025 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
36 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1325 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1408 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1272 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
7 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2885 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11 Morohashi
3419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5 New Nelson (John Haig)
691 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
746 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1010 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1466 2001 Kanji
0a3.26 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
5000.0 Four corner code
1-30-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e08 Unicode hex code