Jisho

×

呪

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
儿 口
Variants:
咒
spell, curse, charm, malediction
Kun:
まじな.う、 のろ.い、 まじな.い、 のろ.う
On:
ジュ、 シュ、 シュウ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 呪 【ジュ】 spell, curse, dharani, mantra
  • 呪術 【ジュジュツ】 magic, sorcery, incantation
  • 消災呪 【ショウサイジュ】 disaster-preventing incantation, disaster-preventing dharani
  • 明呪 【ミョウジュ】 mantra
  • 呪詛 【ジュソ】 curse, malediction, hex

Kun reading compounds

  • 呪う 【まじなう】 to pray that one avoids disaster or illness, to pray for harm or death to come upon someone, to curse, to charm, to conjure, to cast a spell (on someone), to treat illness (with a prayer)
  • 呪い 【のろい】 curse, spell, malediction
  • 呪い殺す 【のろいころす】 to curse someone to death, to put a deadly curse on someone
  • 呪い 【まじない】 charm, incantation, spell, curse
  • 呪う 【のろう】 to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • maldición
  • hechizo
  • maldecir
  • hechizar
  • encantar

Portuguese

French

912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3443 Morohashi
764 New Nelson (John Haig)
2169 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
108 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6601.0 Four corner code
1-28-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
546a Unicode hex code

我

7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
亅 手 戈
ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Kun:
われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 我 【ガ】 obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego
  • 我慢 【ガマン】 endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something), self-control, self-restraint
  • 無我 【ムガ】 selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
  • 小我 【ショウガ】 the self, the ego

Kun reading compounds

  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我々 【われわれ】 we
  • 人は人、我は我 【ひとはひとわれはわれ】 live and let live, you do you and I'll do me, people are people; I am myself
  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我が 【わが】 my, our, one's own

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あが、 か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wo3
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • yo
  • uno mismo
  • ego

Portuguese

  • ego
  • Eu
  • egoísta
  • nosso
  • a si próprio

French

  • ego
  • je
  • moi
  • égoïste
  • notre
  • soi-même
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
817 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1392 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
200 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
719 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
545 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1164 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
837 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4362 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2971 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
647 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11545 Morohashi
3548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 New Nelson (John Haig)
640 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
690 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
380 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
848 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2259 2001 Kanji
0a7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2355.0 Four corner code
1-18-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6211 Unicode hex code

多

6 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset 夕
Parts:
夕
Variants:
夛
many, frequent, much
Kun:
おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
On:
タ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 多 【タ】 multi-
  • 多分 【タブン】 perhaps, probably, generous, many, much, great
  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta (traditional Japanese playing cards; esp. hyakunin isshu karuta)
  • 過多 【カタ】 excess, surplus, superabundance

Kun reading compounds

  • 多い 【おおい】 many, numerous, a lot, large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much, frequent, common

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo1
Korean:
da

Spanish

  • abundante
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • muitos
  • frequentar
  • muito

French

  • beaucoup
  • nombreux
  • fréquent
108 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
180 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
163 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
161 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
181 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
104 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
405 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
110 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5756 Morohashi
2170 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1127 New Nelson (John Haig)
108 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
113 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
128 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
129 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2560 2001 Kanji
0a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2720.7 Four corner code
1-34-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
591a Unicode hex code

釣

11 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
丶 勹 金
angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare
Kun:
つ.る、 つ.り、 つ.り-
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 釣果 【チョウカ】 catch (fishing), amount of fish caught, caught fish
  • 釣菌 【チョウキン】 extracting bacteria (from a petri dish, etc.)
  • 爆釣 【バクチョウ】 big catch (of fish), big haul

Kun reading compounds

  • 釣る 【つる】 to fish, to angle, to catch, to lure in, to tempt, to attract, to entice, to allure
  • つるべ落とし 【つるべおとし】 sinking quickly
  • 釣り 【つり】 fishing, angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling, writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
  • 釣り合う 【つりあう】 to balance, to be in harmony, to be in equilibrium, to suit, to go well together, to be a good match
  • 魚釣り 【さかなつり】 fishing
  • 雪釣り 【ゆきつり】 game in which children use a piece of charcoal on a string to create and lift up snowballs

Readings

Japanese names:
つり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • pescar con caña
  • colgar
  • cambio (dinero)

Portuguese

  • pesca
  • peixe
  • pegar
  • fascinação
  • laçar

French

  • rendre la monnaie
  • pêche à la ligne
  • attraper
  • attirer
  • capturer
1592 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1225 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4820 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1836 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1843 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1862 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2020 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1335 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1810 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1098 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1496 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
279 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40172X Morohashi
1674 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6224 New Nelson (John Haig)
273 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
291 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1495 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2852 2001 Kanji
8a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
8712.0 Four corner code
1-36-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91e3 Unicode hex code

璃

15 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
亠 凵 王 禹
glassy, lapis lazuli
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

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  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
  • 浄瑠璃 【ジョウルリ】 jōruri, type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lapislázuli
  • vidrioso

Portuguese

French

2967 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1606 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21196X Morohashi
1059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3669 New Nelson (John Haig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
1012.7 Four corner code
1-45-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7483 Unicode hex code

竿

9 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
干 竹 乞
pole, rod, scale beam, violin neck
Kun:
さお
On:
カン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 竿 【カン】 counter for poles, rods, etc.
  • 竿頭 【カントウ】 top of a pole
  • 一竿 【イッカン】 one pole (esp. used for fishing poles), one rod
  • 三竿 【サンカン】 broad daylight

Kun reading compounds

  • 竿 【さお】 rod, pole, neck (of a shamisen, etc.), shamisen, beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance), single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese), penis, counter for flags (on poles), counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. yōkan)
  • 竿姉妹 【さおしまい】 women who have had sex with the same man, pole sisters
  • 殻竿 【からざお】 flail (for threshing grain)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • palo
  • barra
  • vara
  • caña

Portuguese

French

3369 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3259 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
25854 Morohashi
4250 New Nelson (John Haig)
2632 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
8840.1 Four corner code
1-20-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aff Unicode hex code

呪

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
儿 口
Variants:
咒
spell, curse, charm, malediction
Kun:
まじな.う、 のろ.い、 まじな.い、 のろ.う
On:
ジュ、 シュ、 シュウ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 呪 【ジュ】 spell, curse, dharani, mantra
  • 呪術 【ジュジュツ】 magic, sorcery, incantation
  • 消災呪 【ショウサイジュ】 disaster-preventing incantation, disaster-preventing dharani
  • 明呪 【ミョウジュ】 mantra
  • 呪詛 【ジュソ】 curse, malediction, hex

Kun reading compounds

  • 呪う 【まじなう】 to pray that one avoids disaster or illness, to pray for harm or death to come upon someone, to curse, to charm, to conjure, to cast a spell (on someone), to treat illness (with a prayer)
  • 呪い 【のろい】 curse, spell, malediction
  • 呪い殺す 【のろいころす】 to curse someone to death, to put a deadly curse on someone
  • 呪い 【まじない】 charm, incantation, spell, curse
  • 呪う 【のろう】 to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • maldición
  • hechizo
  • maldecir
  • hechizar
  • encantar

Portuguese

French

912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3443 Morohashi
764 New Nelson (John Haig)
2169 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
108 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6601.0 Four corner code
1-28-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
546a Unicode hex code

忌

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
已 心
mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
Kun:
い.む、 い.み、 い.まわしい
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1882 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 忌 【キ】 mourning, mourning period, anniversary of one's death
  • 忌憚のない 【キタンノナイ】 unrestrained, unreserved, candid, frank
  • 回忌 【カイキ】 death anniversary
  • 七回忌 【シチカイキ】 sixth anniversary of a death

Kun reading compounds

  • 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
  • 忌むべき 【いむべき】 abominable, detestable
  • 忌み 【いみ】 mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy
  • 忌み明け 【いみあけ】 end of mourning
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 物忌み 【ものいみ】 fasting, abstinence, confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
  • 忌まわしい 【いまわしい】 unpleasant, disagreeable, abominable, disgusting, unsavory, unlucky, inauspicious, ominous

Readings

Japanese names:
いまわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • aborrecer
  • detestar
  • luto

Portuguese

  • luto
  • odiar
  • detestável
  • aniversário de morte

French

  • deuil
  • détester
  • répugnant
  • anniversaire du décès
1122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1819 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1463 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
462 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1935 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1697 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2735 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
606 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10310 Morohashi
2207 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 New Nelson (John Haig)
599 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
644 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3558 2001 Kanji
4k3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
1733.1 Four corner code
1-20-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fcc Unicode hex code

篤

16 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
杰 竹 馬 乞
fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate
Kun:
あつ.い
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1942 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 篤と 【トクト】 carefully, thoroughly, fully, deliberately
  • 篤志家 【トクシカ】 charitable person, philanthropist, volunteer, supporter
  • 重篤 【ジュウトク】 critical (condition), serious
  • 懇篤 【コントク】 cordial, kind

Kun reading compounds

  • 厚い 【あつい】 thick, deep, heavy, kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful, serious (of an illness), abundant

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du3
Korean:
dog

Spanish

  • sincero
  • serio
  • genuino
  • grave (enfermedad)

Portuguese

  • caloroso
  • humano
  • sério
  • cordial
  • ponderado

French

  • intense
  • gentil
  • cordial
  • grave
  • sérieux
  • délibéré
1666 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1749 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3434 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1561 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1607 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2576 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1883 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2051 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1683 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1489 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3371 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1744 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2370 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2007 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26344 Morohashi
2716 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4342 New Nelson (John Haig)
1988 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2142 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1842 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2350 2001 Kanji
6f10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-10 SKIP code
2021.9 Four corner code
8832.7 Four corner code
1-38-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7be4 Unicode hex code

煮

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
老 日 杰
boil, cook
Kun:
に.る、 -に、 に.える、 に.やす
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 煮沸消毒 【シャフツショウドク】 sterilization by boiling, sterilisation by boiling
  • 煮沸 【シャフツ】 boiling up

Kun reading compounds

  • 煮る 【にる】 to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
  • 煮るなり焼くなり 【にるなりやくなり】 as you please, in any way you like, as you wish
  • 煮える 【にえる】 to be boiled, to be cooked
  • 煮やす 【にやす】 to cook inside

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • cocer
  • hervir

Portuguese

  • ferver
  • cozinhar

French

  • mijoter
  • bouillir
  • cuire
1338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1294 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2771 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1795 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1931 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1277 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3460 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1265 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19165P Morohashi
2785 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3437 New Nelson (John Haig)
1257 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1563 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1440 2001 Kanji
4d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
3-4-8 SKIP code
4433.6 Four corner code
1-28-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
716e Unicode hex code

覇

19 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
月 西 革
Variants:
霸
hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion
Kun:
はたがしら
On:
ハ、 ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 覇 【ハ】 supremacy (over a nation), hegemony, domination, leadership, championship, victory
  • 覇権 【ハケン】 hegemony
  • 制覇 【セイハ】 conquest, domination, supremacy, mastery, winning (a championship)
  • 初制覇 【ハツセイハ】 first victory

Readings

Japanese names:
はる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba4
Korean:
pae, baeg

Spanish

  • hegemonía
  • supremacía
  • liderazgo

Portuguese

  • hegemonia
  • supremacia
  • liderança
  • campeão

French

  • hégémonie
  • suprématie
  • leadership
  • champion
1683 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1641 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1633 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3392 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1913 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34790X Morohashi
2730 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5519 New Nelson (John Haig)
1895 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2043 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1921 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3246 2001 Kanji
4b15.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-13 SKIP code
2-6-12 SKIP code
1052.7 Four corner code
1-39-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8987 Unicode hex code

丹

4 strokes
Radical:
dot 丶
Parts:
一 丶 ノ 亅
rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity
Kun:
に
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
  • 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)
  • 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丹 【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion
  • 丹色 【にいろ】 red
  • 海胆 【うに】 sea urchin, seasoned sea urchin eggs
  • 黄丹 【おうだん】 orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 たみ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan1
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • rojo
  • sin adornos

Portuguese

  • Ferrugem
  • colorido
  • vermelho
  • pílulas

French

  • couleur de rouille
  • rouge
  • minium
  • pilules
1563 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1263 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
163 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1852 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1028 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
79 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1093 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1144 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1813 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
18 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2897 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2058 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
99 Morohashi
3441 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
36 New Nelson (John Haig)
2038 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1016 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a4.34 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
7744.0 Four corner code
1-35-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e39 Unicode hex code

百

6 strokes
Radical:
white 白
Parts:
一 白
hundred
Kun:
もも
On:
ヒャク、 ビャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 百 【ヒャク】 hundred, 100
  • 百姓 【ヒャクショウ】 farmer, peasant, country bumpkin, farming, the common people
  • ９００ 【キュウヒャク】 900, nine hundred, fool, idiot
  • ５００ 【ゴヒャク】 500, five hundred, many

Kun reading compounds

  • 百 【もも】 hundred, 100, (a great) many
  • 百重 【ももえ】 piling up highly, becoming a large pile

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ど、 どう、 なり、 ひゃっ、 ひゅく、 も、 もんど、 ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai3, bo2
Korean:
baeg, maeg

Spanish

  • cien
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • cem

French

  • cent
130 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
67 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
73 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
33 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
82 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
74 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
265 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
14 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
11 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1363 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2519 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1279 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1746 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
38 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22679 Morohashi
2026 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3864 New Nelson (John Haig)
38 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
38 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
218 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
50 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3178 2001 Kanji
4c2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-41-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767e Unicode hex code

護

20 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
又 艾 言 隹
Variants:
safeguard, protect
Kun:
まも.る
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 護謨 【ゴム】 gum, rubber, eraser, condom
  • 護衛 【ゴエイ】 guard, convoy, escort
  • 保護 【ホゴ】 protection, safeguard, guardianship, custody, patronage, preservation, conservation
  • 介護 【カイゴ】 nursing, care, caregiving, caring

Kun reading compounds

  • 守る 【まもる】 to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

Readings

Japanese names:
もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • salvaguardar
  • proteger
  • defender

Portuguese

  • salvaguardar
  • proteger

French

  • protection
  • garde
604 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
696 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
670 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
653 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
796 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1772 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2877 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1115 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1713 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1088 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1481 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
707 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36038P Morohashi
1648 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5715 New Nelson (John Haig)
700 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
756 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
474 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
825 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3067 2001 Kanji
7a13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-13 SKIP code
0464.7 Four corner code
1-24-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b77 Unicode hex code

獣

16 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
口 尚 犬 田
Variants:
獸
animal, beast
Kun:
けもの、 けだもの
On:
ジュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1714 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 獣 【ケモノ】 beast, brute, animal
  • 獣医 【ジュウイ】 veterinarian, veterinary surgeon, vet
  • 鳥獣 【チョウジュウ】 birds and wild animals, wildlife
  • 海獣 【カイジュウ】 marine mammal

Kun reading compounds

  • 獣 【けもの】 beast, brute, animal
  • 獣の数字 【けもののすうじ】 Number of the Beast, 666
  • 獣 【けもの】 beast, brute, animal

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • animal
  • bestia
  • res

Portuguese

  • animal
  • besta

French

  • bête
  • animal
1366 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1600 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1366 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1531 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1582 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1864 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1298 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1673 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1952 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20714P Morohashi
1892 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3606 New Nelson (John Haig)
1933 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1838 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
3g12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-4 SKIP code
9363.4 Four corner code
3363.4 Four corner code
1-29-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7363 Unicode hex code

誤

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
ハ 口 言
mistake, err, do wrong, mislead
Kun:
あやま.る、 -あやま.る
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 誤 【ゴ】 mistake, error
  • 誤解 【ゴカイ】 misunderstanding
  • 試行錯誤 【シコウサクゴ】 trial and error
  • 錯誤 【サクゴ】 mistake, error, discrepancy, discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

Kun reading compounds

  • 誤る 【あやまる】 to make a mistake (in), to commit an error, to do incorrectly, to err, to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be false, to be mistaken, to mislead, to misguide, to lead astray

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • error
  • equivocarse

Portuguese

  • erro
  • errar
  • fazer errado
  • enganar

French

  • erreur
  • faute
  • mal faire
  • induire en erreur
779 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
868 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
857 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4372 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
602 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
904 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
906 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1945 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1917 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35546P Morohashi
1542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5626 New Nelson (John Haig)
1899 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
972 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
7a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1-7-8 SKIP code
0668.1 Four corner code
1-24-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aa4 Unicode hex code

怪

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
又 土 忙
Variants:
恠
suspicious, mystery, apparition
Kun:
あや.しい、 あや.しむ
On:
カイ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1634 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 怪 【カイ】 mystery, wonder
  • 怪獣 【カイジュウ】 monster
  • 妖怪 【ヨウカイ】 ghost, apparition, phantom, spectre, specter, demon, monster, goblin, yōkai
  • 奇々怪々 【キキカイカイ】 very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious
  • 怪我 【ケガ】 injury, wound, mistake, accident, loss
  • けが人 【ケガニン】 wounded person, injured person
  • 物怪 【モッケ】 unexpected
  • 物の怪 【モノノケ】 (vengeful) ghost, specter, spectre

Kun reading compounds

  • 怪しい 【あやしい】 suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible, untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor, strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny, ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain, suspicious (of a potential amorous relation), mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting
  • 怪しい手つきで 【あやしいてつきで】 clumsily, with clumsy hands
  • 怪しむ 【あやしむ】 to suspect

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • desconfiado
  • receloso
  • misterio
  • fantasma
  • sospechoso
  • desconfiar
  • recelar
  • dudar
  • sospechar

Portuguese

  • Suspeito
  • mistério
  • aparição

French

  • méfiant
  • mystère
  • apparition
1061 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1367 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1665 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1176 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1291 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1476 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1573 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1450 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
809 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
264 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
723 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10483 Morohashi
297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821 New Nelson (John Haig)
716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
773 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1172 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
9701.4 Four corner code
1-18-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
602a Unicode hex code

通

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
マ 込 用
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Kun:
とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
On:
ツウ、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
80 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
  • 通過 【ツウカ】 passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.), passing by (e.g. of a typhoon), transit, passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament), carriage, passing (an examination, inspection, etc.), clearing
  • 共通 【キョウツウ】 common, shared, mutual, to be common (to), to be shared (by), -wide
  • 開通 【カイツウ】 opening (of a new road, railway, etc.), going into operation (e.g. telephone communication), beginning services, reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic), resumption of services
  • 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
  • 通過 【ツウカ】 passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.), passing by (e.g. of a typhoon), transit, passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament), carriage, passing (an examination, inspection, etc.), clearing

Kun reading compounds

  • 通る 【とおる】 to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of, to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect, to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in, to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through, to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout, to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far, to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted, to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for, to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense, to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood, to pass for, to come across as, to seem like, to be straight (e.g. wood grain), to be well-informed, to be wise, to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
  • 通り 【とおり】 avenue, street, way, road, coming and going, street traffic, flow (of water, air, etc.), transmission (of sound), reach (e.g. of voice), fame, reputation, popularity, the same status or way, as (e.g. as expected, as I said), understanding, comprehension, counter for sets of things, counter for methods, ways, types
  • 通り過ぎる 【とおりすぎる】 to go past, to pass, to pass by
  • 通す 【とおす】 to stick through, to force through, to spread throughout, to thoroughly diffuse, to make a path between two points, to proceed in a logical manner, to let pass, to allow through, to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in, to go through (a middleman), to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.), to pass (a law, applicant, etc.), to force to accept, to force agreement, to continue (in a state), to persist in, to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole ..., to do from beginning to end without a break, to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party, to do to the end, to carry through, to complete
  • 通し 【とおし】 continuing from beginning to end, continuous run, consecutive run, appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre, performance of an entire play
  • 通し切符 【とおしきっぷ】 through ticket (e.g. rail, air), ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. both matinee and evening shows), all-day ticket, season ticket
  • 切通し 【きりどおし】 road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain, cutting
  • 通う 【かよう】 to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between, to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent, to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought), to resemble

Readings

Japanese names:
とん、 どうし、 どおり、 みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong1, tong4
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • atravesar
  • traspasar
  • hacer saber
  • pasar
  • ir y venir

Portuguese

  • tráfego
  • passar através de
  • avenida
  • comutar
  • sufixo para contagem de letras

French

  • circulation
  • passer par
  • avenue
  • trajet (travail)
  • compteur de lettres, notes, ...
281 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
193 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
176 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
71 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4703 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
201 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1239 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
150 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
695 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3855 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2678 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1420 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38892P Morohashi
3109 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6063 New Nelson (John Haig)
1408 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1511 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
97 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
198 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
2q7.18 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-2-7 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-36-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901a Unicode hex code

禍

13 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
冂 口 礼
calamity, misfortune, evil, curse
Kun:
わざわい
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 禍 【カ】 disaster, calamity, misfortune
  • 禍福 【カフク】 fortune and misfortune, prosperity and adversity, good and evil, weal and woe
  • コロナ禍 【コロナカ】 coronavirus crisis, COVID-19 crisis
  • 惨禍 【サンカ】 calamity, disaster, catastrophe

Kun reading compounds

  • 災い 【わざわい】 disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
  • 災い転じて福となす 【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】 to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts), to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • calamidad
  • desgracia
  • infortunio

Portuguese

  • calamidade
  • desgraça
  • mal
  • maldição

French

  • calamité
  • malchance
  • mal
  • malédiction
1051 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1753 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3254 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1756 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1581 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1885 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1809 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1948 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1543 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1425 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1304 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1300 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24766P Morohashi
1030 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4102 New Nelson (John Haig)
1291 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1653 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
649 2001 Kanji
4e9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
3722.7 Four corner code
1-18-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798d Unicode hex code

迂

6 strokes (also 5 and 7)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
亅 二 込 干
roundabout way
On:
ウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 迂回路 【ウカイロ】 detour, diversion, alternative route
  • 迂回 【ウカイ】 detour, circumvention, turning movement

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu1
Korean:
o, u

Spanish

Portuguese

French

  • déviation
4666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3969 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1671 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38722X Morohashi
6016 New Nelson (John Haig)
2415 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2495 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2q3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
3130.4 Four corner code
1-17-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fc2 Unicode hex code