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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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On reading compounds

  • 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
  • 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
  • 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
  • 切支丹 【キリシタン】 Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian

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

羽

6 strokes
Radical:
feather 羽
Parts:
冫 羽
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
Kun:
は、 わ、 はね
On:
ウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
748 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 羽 【ウ】 fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
  • 羽毛 【ウモウ】 feathers, plumage, down
  • 奥羽 【オウウ】 Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa), Tōhoku
  • 小翼羽 【ショウヨクウ】 alula, bastard wing

Kun reading compounds

  • 羽 【はね】 feather, plume, down, wing, blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.), shuttlecock (in badminton), shuttlecock (in hanetsuki), arrow feathers
  • 羽目 【はめ】 panel, wainscoting, wainscotting, plight, fix, bind, awkward situation, difficult situation, mess
  • 白羽 【しらは】 white feather
  • 切羽 【きりは】 face, working face
  • 羽 【わ】 counter for birds or rabbits
  • 出羽 【でわ】 Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
  • 柏崎刈羽 【かしさきかりわ】 Kashiwazaki Kariwa
  • 羽 【はね】 feather, plume, down, wing, blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.), shuttlecock (in badminton), shuttlecock (in hanetsuki), arrow feathers
  • 羽蟻 【はあり】 winged ant, flying ant

Readings

Japanese names:
しゅう、 ば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • pluma
  • alas
  • contador de pájaros y conejos

Portuguese

  • penas
  • sufixo para contagem de pássaros
  • coelhos

French

  • plume
  • compteur d'oiseaux, lapins
82 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
812 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
732 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3673 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
967 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
835 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
246 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
590 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
600 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
491 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1570 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
265 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
580 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28614P Morohashi
226 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4675 New Nelson (John Haig)
573 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
615 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
2b4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
1712.0 Four corner code
1-17-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fbd Unicode hex code

秀

7 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
ノ 乃 禾
excel, excellence, beauty, surpass
Kun:
ひい.でる
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 秀 【シュウ】 preeminence, supremacy, distinction, excellence
  • 秀作 【シュウサク】 excellent (piece of) work
  • 閨秀 【ケイシュウ】 accomplished lady, talented woman, eminent woman
  • 清秀 【セイシュウ】 having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face

Kun reading compounds

  • 秀でる 【ひいでる】 to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out

Readings

Japanese names:
しゅ、 しょう、 ひで、 ひでし、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • sobresaliente
  • excelente
  • sobresalir
  • sobrepasar

Portuguese

  • superar
  • excelência
  • beleza
  • superação

French

  • excellence
  • exceller
  • beauté
  • dépasser
1355 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
859 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3263 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
973 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1582 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
726 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1683 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1798 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1171 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1429 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3152 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
923 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24911 Morohashi
2545 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4123 New Nelson (John Haig)
914 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
980 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1142 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2245 2001 Kanji
5d2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-1-7 SKIP code
2-1-6 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-29-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79c0 Unicode hex code

樹

16 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
并 口 土 寸 木 豆
timber, trees, wood, establish, set up
Kun:
き
On:
ジュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
988 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 樹木 【ジュモク】 tree, trees and shrubs
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
  • 広葉樹 【コウヨウジュ】 broadleaf tree, broad-leaved tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 一樹 【いちじゅ】 one tree, a tree
  • 楷の木 【かいのき】 Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)

Readings

Japanese names:
いつき、 うえ、 こ、 しげ、 じ、 たちき、 たつ、 たつる、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • árbol
  • vegetación
  • establecer

Portuguese

  • Madeira-de-lei
  • madeira

French

  • grume
  • bois
897 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
888 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1034 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2377 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1053 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1446 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2483 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1144 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1197 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1853 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1117 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1363 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1458 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15496 Morohashi
1075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2878 New Nelson (John Haig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
993 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1848 2001 Kanji
4a12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4490.0 Four corner code
1-28-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a39 Unicode hex code