Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
Kun:
てるふたつ
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
247 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 両 【リョウ】 both (hands, parents, sides, etc.), counter for carriages (e.g. in a train), counter for vehicles, ryō, tael, traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g, ryō, pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold, ryō, traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan, ryō, tael, unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g, counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
  • 両足 【リョウソク】 both feet, both legs
  • 一両 【イチリョウ】 one vehicle, one ryō (an old coin)
  • 十両 【ジュウリョウ】 second highest division, wrestlers of the second highest division

Readings

Japanese names:
もろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang3
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • ambos
  • contador de vehículos

Portuguese

  • ambos
  • moeda Japonesa antiga
  • nº de veículos
  • dois

French

  • les deux
  • 2
  • ryou (ancienne monnaie)
  • compteur de wagons
336 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
434 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
411 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
281 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
34 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
859 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
531 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
200 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
556 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
15 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4331 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1176 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46 Morohashi
3518 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
23 New Nelson (John Haig)
1168 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1252 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
288 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
275 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-46-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e21 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
blade, sword, edge
Kun:
やいばき.る
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兵刃 【ヘイジン】 sword blade
  • 刀刃 【トウジン】 sword blade
  • 刃傷 【ニンジョウ】 bloodshed
  • 刃傷沙汰 【ニンジョウザタ】 bloodshed

Kun reading compounds

  • 刃 【は】 edge (of a knife or sword), blade, prong (of an electrical plug)
  • 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
  • 諸刃 【もろは】 double-edged (e.g. sword blade), double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife), double-edged blade
  • 抜き刃 【ぬきは】 die blade, cutting die
  • 刃 【やいば】 blade, sword, forged blade, wavy pattern on forged blades, sharpness, unhulled rice
  • 刃を交える 【やいばをまじえる】 to cross swords (with)
  • 鬼滅の刃 【きめつのやいば】 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)
  • 氷の刃 【こおりのやいば】 gleaming sword

Readings

Japanese names:
ち、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren4
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • hoja
  • filo

Portuguese

  • lâmina
  • espada
  • margem

French

  • lame
  • épée
  • fil (épée)
1446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1526 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
152 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1107 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1089 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1413 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1502 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1774 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
178 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3646 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
85 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1850 Morohashi
2929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
449 New Nelson (John Haig)
84 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
88 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1014 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3545 2001 Kanji
0a3.22 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-2 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
1742.0 Four corner code
1732.0 Four corner code
1-31-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5203 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋸歯 【キョシ】 teeth of a saw, serration
  • 鋸屑 【ノコクズ】 sawdust
  • 胴付鋸 【ドウツキノコ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【タテビキノコ】 ripsaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこ】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 縦挽き鋸 【たてびきのこ】 ripsaw
  • 鋸 【のこぎり】 saw, musical saw
  • 鋸鱝 【のこぎりえい】 sawfish (Pristidae spp.)
  • 胴付鋸 【どうつきのこぎり】 saw with a spine, tenon saw, back saw
  • 回し引き鋸 【まわしびきのこぎり】 bracket saw, sabre saw, saber saw

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4, ju1
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • sierra (para madera o metal)

Portuguese

French

4878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40505 Morohashi
6297 New Nelson (John Haig)
2759 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8716.4 Four corner code
1-21-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92f8 Unicode hex code