Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 不 【フ】 un-, non-, negative prefix
  • 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
  • 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
  • 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4, bu2
Korean:
bu, bul

Spanish

  • prefijo negativo: in-
  • des-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo
  • negativa
  • não
  • feia
  • ruim
  • deselegante

French

  • négation
  • non
  • mauvais
  • laid
  • maladroit
500 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
600 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
572 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
17 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
130 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
104 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
94 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
10 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1225 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19 Morohashi
3434 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13 New Nelson (John Haig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
0a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
1090.0 Four corner code
1-41-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0d Unicode hex code

20 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
column, handrail, blank, space
Kun:
てすり
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1523 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 欄 【ラン】 section (e.g. in a newspaper), column, page, field (in a form, web page, etc.), blank, handrail, railing, banister, balustrade
  • 欄干 【ランカン】 railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet, (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars), (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
  • 本欄 【ホンラン】 this column
  • 演芸欄 【エンゲイラン】 entertainment section (of a newspaper), entertainment column

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • barandilla
  • pasamanos
  • en blanco
  • espacio
  • columna (periódico)

Portuguese

  • coluna
  • corrimão
  • vazio
  • espaço

French

  • colonne de journal
  • rampe
  • blanc
  • espace
1893 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1430 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2401 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1696 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1447 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1202 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1265 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1538 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1118 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1419 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1642 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15880P Morohashi
1103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2914 New Nelson (John Haig)
1628 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1756 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a16.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-16 SKIP code
4792.0 Four corner code
1-45-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b04 Unicode hex code