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京

8 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 口 小
Variants:
亰
capital, 10**16
Kun:
みやこ
On:
キョウ、 ケイ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
74 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 京 【キョウ】 imperial capital (esp. Kyoto), final word of an iroha poem, 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion
  • 京都 【キョウト】 Kyoto (city, prefecture)
  • 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
  • 在京 【ザイキョウ】 being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
  • 京 【キョウ】 imperial capital (esp. Kyoto), final word of an iroha poem, 10^16, 10,000,000,000,000,000, ten quadrillion
  • 京阪 【ケイハン】 Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area
  • 英京 【エイキョウ】 British capital, London
  • キン族 【キンゾク】 Kinh (people), Vietnamese (people)
  • 南京 【ナンキン】 Nanjing (China), Nanking, pumpkin, squash, Chinese, Southeast Asian, foreign, rare, precious, cute

Kun reading compounds

  • 都 【みやこ】 capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government, capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light), location of the Imperial Palace
  • 長岡京 【ながおかきょう】 Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794), Nagaokakyō (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • capital

Portuguese

  • capital
  • 10 elevado a 16

French

  • capitale
  • 10**16
63 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
110 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
99 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
16 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
295 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
172 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
109 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
663 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
189 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
189 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
233 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
39 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2546 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1297 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1766 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
318 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
299 Morohashi
2052 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
93 New Nelson (John Haig)
312 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
334 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
303 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
157 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
441 2001 Kanji
2j6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
0090.6 Four corner code
1-21-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eac Unicode hex code

阪

7 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
厂 又 阡
Variants:
坂
heights, slope
Kun:
さか
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 阪神 【ハンシン】 Osaka-Kobe, Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
  • 阪急 【ハンキュウ】 Hankyū, Hankyu (Kansai area railway and retail conglomerate)
  • 京阪 【ケイハン】 Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area
  • 京阪 【ケイハン】 Keihan Electric Railway (abbr)

Kun reading compounds

  • 坂 【さか】 slope, incline, hill, milestone, (age) mark
  • セレッソ大阪 【セレッソおおさか】 Cerezo Osaka (Japanese pro soccer team)
  • ガンバ大阪 【ガンバおおさか】 Gamba Osaka (Japanese pro soccer team)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban3
Korean:
pan

Spanish

  • cuesta
  • pendiente
  • abreviación de Osaka

Portuguese

French

  • coteaux
  • pente
401 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4979 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1893 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
375 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
243 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1303 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41562 Morohashi
271 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6428 New Nelson (John Haig)
1294 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1390 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3667 2001 Kanji
2d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
7124.7 Four corner code
1-26-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
962a Unicode hex code

津

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 聿
haven, port, harbor, ferry
Kun:
つ
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 津液 【シンエキ】 saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
  • 津々 【シンシン】 gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless
  • 京津 【ケイシン】 Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu
  • 入津 【ニュウシン】 entering a port

Kun reading compounds

  • 津 【つ】 Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry
  • 津波 【つなみ】 tsunami, tidal wave
  • 大津 【おおつ】 Ōtsu (city in Shiga)
  • 秋津 【あきつ】 dragonfly

Readings

Japanese names:
ず、 ち、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • puerto
  • transbordador
  • desbordado
  • inundado

Portuguese

  • abrigo
  • porto
  • balsa

French

  • havre
  • port
  • bac
1434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2543 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
975 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1469 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
826 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
668 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
466 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
334 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17396 Morohashi
390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3122 New Nelson (John Haig)
328 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1275 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3510.7 Four corner code
1-36-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d25 Unicode hex code

線

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 水 白 糸
Variants:
綫
line, track
Kun:
すじ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • línea
  • cable
  • frontera
  • raíl
  • carril

Portuguese

  • linha
  • trilha

French

  • ligne
  • voie
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3580 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27641 Morohashi
1392 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1438 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2693.2 Four corner code
1-32-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dda Unicode hex code