Jisho

×

中

4 strokes
Radical:
line 丨
Parts:
｜ 口
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Kun:
なか、 うち、 あた.る
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
11 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 中 【チュウ】 medium (size), average (grade, level, etc.), middle, in, within, out of (e.g. ten people), among, during, while, in (the course of), within (a period), throughout, currently (doing), in the process of, in the middle of, under (e.g. construction, investigation), middle way, moderation, second volume (of three), junior high school, middle school, China
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
  • 訪中 【ホウチュウ】 visit to China

Kun reading compounds

  • 中 【なか】 inside, interior, among, within, middle, center, centre, during, while, middle, midst, amid, interval, gap, mean, average, second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle, medium grade, medium quality, red-light district
  • 中島 【なかじま】 island in a pond or river
  • 野中 【のなか】 in the middle of a field
  • そんな中 【そんななか】 wherein, therein, thereinto
  • 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
  • 碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中 【ごうちとりかいばかのうち】 go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
  • 此の内 【このうち】 meanwhile, the other day, recently
  • 当たる 【あたる】 to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

Readings

Japanese names:
あたる、 かなえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1, zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • centro
  • dentro
  • interior
  • medio

Portuguese

  • em
  • interior
  • médio
  • meio
  • centro

French

  • dans
  • dedans
  • à l'intérieur
  • milieu
  • centre
  • moyenne
23 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
26 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
55 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
13 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
81 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
75 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
28 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
16 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4262 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
73 Morohashi
3451 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28 New Nelson (John Haig)
39 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
39 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
32 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1655 2001 Kanji
0a4.40 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-35-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e2d Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

央

5 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
一 ノ 冖 大
center, middle
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
582 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 央 【オウ】 middle, centre, center
  • 道央 【ドウオウ】 central Hokkaido
  • 月央 【ゲツオウ】 middle of the month

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 え、 お、 さと、 ちか、 てる、 なか、 ひさ、 ひろ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang1
Korean:
ang

Spanish

  • centro
  • en medio

Portuguese

  • centro
  • médio

French

  • centre
  • milieu
554 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
254 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
429 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
468 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
86 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
881 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
446 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
182 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
351 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
352 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
706 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
412 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1756 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5840 Morohashi
3509 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1140 New Nelson (John Haig)
1740 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1877 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
246 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1663 2001 Kanji
0a5.33 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-4 SKIP code
5003.0 Four corner code
1-17-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592e Unicode hex code

電

13 strokes
Radical:
rain 雨
Parts:
乙 田 雨
electricity
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 電化 【デンカ】 electrification
  • 電圧 【デンアツ】 voltage
  • 送電 【ソウデン】 transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply
  • 配電 【ハイデン】 distribution of electricity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • electricidad
  • eléctrico

Portuguese

  • eletricidade

French

  • électricité
286 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
197 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
125 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5050 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
222 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
98 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2025 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
108 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
61 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1862 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2431 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
541 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42253 Morohashi
2790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6526 New Nelson (John Haig)
535 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
574 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
332 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
228 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3156 2001 Kanji
8d5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
1071.6 Four corner code
1-37-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96fb Unicode hex code

視

11 strokes
Radical:
see 見
Parts:
礼 見
Variants:
眎
inspection, regard as, see, look at
Kun:
み.る
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
362 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 視 【シ】 viewing as ..., seeing as ..., treating as ..., regarding as ...
  • 視界 【シカイ】 field of vision, visibility, view, visual field, (one's) ken
  • 検視 【ケンシ】 examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed, investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)
  • 警視 【ケイシ】 police superintendent

Kun reading compounds

  • 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • inspeccionar
  • mirar con cuidado
  • considerar

Portuguese

  • inspeção
  • avaliar
  • ver
  • olhar

French

  • inspection
  • point de vue
  • voir
  • regarder
798 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
889 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
878 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
502 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
794 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1348 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
606 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
616 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1645 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1223 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
662 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1102 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34827P Morohashi
972 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5525 New Nelson (John Haig)
1093 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
922 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
657 2001 Kanji
4e7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
3621.0 Four corner code
1-27-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8996 Unicode hex code

台

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
厶 口
Variants:
臺 坮
pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles
Kun:
うてな、 われ、 つかさ
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 台 【ダイ】 stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack, setting (of a gem), mounting, stock (in grafting), counter for machines and vehicles, level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life), tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform, plateau, heights
  • 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie
  • 管区気象台 【カンクキショウダイ】 district meteorological observatory
  • 気象台 【キショウダイ】 meteorological observatory
  • 台 【タイ】 Taiwan
  • 台頭 【タイトウ】 rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence, coming to the fore, gaining power, gathering strength
  • 屋台 【ヤタイ】 cart (esp. a food cart), stall, stand, festival float, portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house, dancing platform, stage prop fashioned after a large building, framework (of a building), foundation, house (esp. a small and miserable one)
  • 最後の舞台 【サイゴノブタイ】 final performance, swan song, last act

Kun reading compounds

  • 台 【うてな】 tower, stand, pedestal, calyx
  • 弾正台 【だんじょうだい】 Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai2, tai1
Korean:
tae, i

Spanish

  • estante
  • banco
  • tribuna
  • pedestal
  • contador para maquinas y vehículos

Portuguese

  • pedestal
  • stand
  • sufixo para contagem de para máquinas e veículos

French

  • piédestal
  • socle
  • compteur de voitures ou machines
272 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
183 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
166 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
216 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
848 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
290 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
134 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
276 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
492 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
501 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
532 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
280 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2498 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1265 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3246 Morohashi
2005 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699 New Nelson (John Haig)
744 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
805 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
436 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
111 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2777 2001 Kanji
3d2.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2360.0 Four corner code
1-34-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f0 Unicode hex code

春

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
一 二 人 大 日
Variants:
旾
springtime, spring (season)
Kun:
はる
On:
シュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 春秋 【シュンジュウ】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
  • 春季 【シュンキ】 spring season
  • 昨春 【サクシュン】 last spring, the spring of last year
  • 売春 【バイシュン】 prostitution

Kun reading compounds

  • 春 【はる】 spring, springtime, New Year, prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday, adolescence, puberty, sexuality, sexual desire
  • 春秋 【しゅんじゅう】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
  • 小春 【こはる】 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November), late autumn, late fall
  • 毎春 【まいしゅん】 every spring

Readings

Japanese names:
あずま、 かす、 すの、 ひ、 わら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun1
Korean:
chun

Spanish

  • primavera
  • comienzo del año
  • tiempos de juventud

Portuguese

  • primaveril
  • primavera (estação)

French

  • printemps
91 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
141 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
461 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
162 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
188 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
963 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
460 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
468 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
971 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2232 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1582 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13844 Morohashi
2576 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2453 New Nelson (John Haig)
1568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1690 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
179 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c5.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4-9-2 SKIP code
5060.3 Four corner code
1-29-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6625 Unicode hex code

節

13 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
卩 竹 艮 乞
node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
Kun:
ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと
On:
セツ、 セチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
934 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 節 【セツ】 occasion, time, section (of a literary work or piece of music), passage, paragraph, verse, stanza, clause, season, term, one's principles, integrity, node (of a plant stem), (taxonomical) section, knot (nautical mile per hour)
  • 節減 【セツゲン】 retrenchment, curtailment, economy
  • 結節 【ケッセツ】 knot, nodule, tubercule, node
  • 国慶節 【コッケイセツ】 anniversary of founding (of PRC), national celebration time
  • 節 【セチ】 season, time of the year, seasonal festival, seasonal banquet, seasonal feast
  • 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 節 【ふし】 joint, knuckle, tune, melody, node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob, (notable) point, part, node
  • 節目 【ふしめ】 turning point, critical juncture, knot (in a tree, etc.)
  • 一節 【ひとふし】 one joint, one section, one tune, one piece, one measure, one piece (of dried bonito)
  • 七節 【ななふし】 walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea), walkingstick, stick insect, leaf insect
  • 節 【ノット】 knot (nautical mile per hour)

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie2, jie1
Korean:
jeol

Spanish

  • estación
  • periodo
  • frase
  • unión
  • articulación
  • melodía
  • tono
  • nudo
  • entonación

Portuguese

  • nó
  • estação
  • período
  • ocasião
  • verso
  • cláusula
  • stanza
  • honra
  • junta
  • nó dos dedos
  • maçaneta
  • canção
  • melodia

French

  • noeud (vitesse)
  • instant
  • saison
  • période
  • occasion
  • vers (poésie)
  • stance
  • honneur
  • jointure
  • articulation
  • bosse
  • air (musique)
  • mélodie
446 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
552 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
523 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
731 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3402 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
683 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
800 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2215 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
464 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
699 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1482 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3336 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1729 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2349 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1476 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26102 Morohashi
2691 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4299 New Nelson (John Haig)
1464 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1574 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
607 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2344 2001 Kanji
6f7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-7 SKIP code
8872.7 Four corner code
1-32-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7bc0 Unicode hex code

聯

17 strokes
Radical:
ear 耳
Parts:
幺 耳
Variants:
聨
party, gang, clique
Kun:
つら.なる、 つら.ねる
On:
レン
1967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 連合 【レンゴウ】 union, combination, alliance, confederation, coalition, association, RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 対聯 【ツイレン】 couplet (Chinese poetry), pair of hanging scrolls
  • 朝鮮総聯 【チョウセンソウレン】 General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (abbr.), Chongryon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3713 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29153 Morohashi
1419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4737 New Nelson (John Haig)
2676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2716 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6e11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
1217.2 Four corner code
1-46-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
806f Unicode hex code

歓

15 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn 欠
Parts:
欠 矢 隹 乞
Variants:
歡
delight, joy
Kun:
よろこ.ぶ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1065 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歓 【カン】 joy, enjoyment, delight, pleasure
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 哀歓 【アイカン】 joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness
  • 交歓 【コウカン】 exchange of courtesies (cordialities), fraternization, fraternisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan1
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • alegría
  • felicidad
  • deleite
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • deleite
  • prazer

French

  • joie
  • plaisir
  • ravissement
753 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
639 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1030 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2425 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
652 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1450 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2352 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1132 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1126 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16197 Morohashi
1867 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948 New Nelson (John Haig)
570 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
612 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1776 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2362 2001 Kanji
4j11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
8728.2 Four corner code
1-20-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b53 Unicode hex code

晩

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
儿 勹 日 免
nightfall, night
On:
バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1424 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 晩 【バン】 evening, night, dinner, evening meal, counter for nights
  • 晩婚 【バンコン】 late marriage
  • 歳晩 【サイバン】 year's end
  • お晩 【オバン】 evening, good evening

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan3
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • tarde
  • noche
  • anochecer

Portuguese

  • Cair da noite
  • anoitecer
  • noite

French

  • soir
  • crépuscule
971 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
961 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1175 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2145 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
901 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
601 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1595 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
736 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
749 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
991 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1232 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
668 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
891 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1993 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14030PX Morohashi
979 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2491 New Nelson (John Haig)
1974 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2128 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
954 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3857 2001 Kanji
4c8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
6701.6 Four corner code
1-40-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6669 Unicode hex code

会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code