Jisho

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亡

3 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 亡
Variants:
兦
deceased, the late, dying, perish
Kun:
な.い、 な.き-、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
On:
ボウ、 モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
661 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 亡 【ボウ】 death, the late, the deceased
  • 亡命 【ボウメイ】 fleeing from one's country, seeking asylum, defection, emigration (for political reasons), (going into) exile, becoming a (political) refugee
  • 存亡 【ソンボウ】 life or death, existence, destiny
  • 興亡 【コウボウ】 rise and fall, ups and downs
  • 亡者 【モウジャ】 the dead, ghost, person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.), person with a blind lust (for)
  • 亡者船 【モウジャブネ】 ship of the dead which appears if one goes fishing during the Bon festival
  • 焼亡 【ショウボウ】 destruction by fire
  • 損亡 【ソンモウ】 loss

Kun reading compounds

  • 亡い 【ない】 dead
  • 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
  • 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
  • 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang2, wu2
Korean:
mang, mu

Spanish

  • desaparecer
  • perecer
  • difunto
  • huir
  • escapar

Portuguese

  • falecido
  • agonizante
  • atrasado
  • perecer

French

  • décédé
  • feu ...
  • mon regretté ...
  • mourir
  • périr
  • détruire
985 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
973 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
887 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
979 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
297 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
672 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
37 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4210 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2874 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
496 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
287 Morohashi
3402 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
86 New Nelson (John Haig)
485 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
524 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
829 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
475 2001 Kanji
2j1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
2-2-1 SKIP code
0071.0 Four corner code
1-43-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea1 Unicode hex code

羊

6 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
并 王 羊
sheep
Kun:
ひつじ
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1852 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 羊毛 【ヨウモウ】 wool
  • 羊肉 【ヨウニク】 mutton, lamb (meat)
  • 羝羊 【テイヨウ】 ram (sheep), someone who lives their life by instinct
  • 羚羊 【レイヨウ】 antelope

Kun reading compounds

  • 羊 【ひつじ】 sheep (Ovis aries)
  • 羊飼い 【ひつじかい】 shepherd, shepherdess
  • 牡羊 【おひつじ】 ram (sheep)
  • 迷える子羊 【まよえるこひつじ】 stray sheep, lost lamb, person at a loss for what to do

Readings

Japanese names:
よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • oveja
  • cordero

Portuguese

  • carneiro

French

  • mouton
426 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
986 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1703 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3656 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1326 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1657 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
273 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
288 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
288 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
488 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1565 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2708 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1383 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
553 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28425 Morohashi
2183 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4658 New Nelson (John Haig)
547 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
586 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
955 2001 Kanji
2o4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
2-2-4 SKIP code
8050.1 Four corner code
1-45-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8a Unicode hex code

補

12 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
丶 十 用 初
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Kun:
おぎな.う
On:
ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
332 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 補 【ホ】 assistant ..., probationary ...
  • 補完 【ホカン】 complementation, supplementation, completion
  • 増補 【ゾウホ】 extending (e.g. a book), augmenting, enlarging, supplementing
  • 追補 【ツイホ】 supplement, appendix, addendum

Kun reading compounds

  • 補う 【おぎなう】 to supplement, to make up for, to compensate for, to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.), to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • suplir
  • resarcir
  • compensar

Portuguese

  • suplemento
  • oferta
  • cumprir
  • indenizar
  • compensar
  • assistente
  • aprendiz

French

  • complément
  • supplément
  • améliorer
  • compenser
  • assistant
  • stagiaire
868 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
981 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
970 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
516 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4242 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
744 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
884 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1644 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
889 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
910 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1001 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1632 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1529 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1857 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34320 Morohashi
1194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5464 New Nelson (John Haig)
1840 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1983 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
955 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
653 2001 Kanji
5e7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
3322.7 Four corner code
1-42-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88dc Unicode hex code

牢

7 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
宀 牛
prison, jail, hardness
Kun:
かた.い、 ひとや
On:
ロウ
2472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 牢 【ロウ】 prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong
  • 浪人 【ロウニン】 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter
  • 永牢 【エイロウ】 life imprisonment
  • 入牢 【ニュウロウ】 imprisonment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lao2
Korean:
roe, ro

Spanish

  • prisión
  • celda
  • dureza
  • duro

Portuguese

French

1287 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
19934 Morohashi
3535 New Nelson (John Haig)
2213 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2325 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
3050.2 Four corner code
1-47-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7262 Unicode hex code