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佐

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ノ 化 工
assistant, help
On:
サ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
474 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 佐保姫 【サホヒメ】 Saohime, goddess of Spring
  • 佐織養護学校 【サオリヨウゴガッコウ】 Saori Special Needs School (older name style)
  • 中佐 【チュウサ】 lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)
  • 二佐 【ニサ】 lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo3
Korean:
jwa

Spanish

  • ayuda
  • asistencia
  • rango militar

Portuguese

  • assistente
  • ajuda

French

  • assistant
  • aide
1283 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
285 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1322 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1043 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
365 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1744 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1867 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1002 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
74 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
76 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
51 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
961 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
506 Morohashi
67 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155 New Nelson (John Haig)
952 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1024 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
381 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1093 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2421.1 Four corner code
1-26-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f50 Unicode hex code

伯

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 白
chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
On:
ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1741 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 伯 【ハク】 count, earl, chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system), Brazil
  • 伯爵 【ハクシャク】 count, earl
  • 画伯 【ガハク】 master painter, great artist, painter, artist
  • 医伯 【イハク】 doctor

Readings

Japanese names:
いき、 えき、 か、 き、 は、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2, bai3, ba4
Korean:
baeg, pae

Spanish

  • jefe
  • conde
  • hermano mayor
  • Brasil

Portuguese

  • chefe
  • conta
  • conde
  • tio
  • Brasil

French

  • chef
  • comte
  • oncle
  • Brésil
1694 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1671 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
397 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1679 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1041 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
363 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1234 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1877 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
83 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
67 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
976 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
466 Morohashi
59 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
158 New Nelson (John Haig)
967 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1041 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1097 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-39-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f2f Unicode hex code

伽

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 力 口
nursing, attending, entertainer
Kun:
とぎ
On:
カ、 ガ、 キャ、 ギャ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 伽耶 【カヤ】 Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy), Karak
  • 伽耶琴 【カヤグム】 gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
  • 閼伽 【アカ】 water offering to Buddha, holy water
  • 真那伽 【マナカ】 incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Malacca)
  • 伽藍 【ガラン】 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
  • 伽藍鳥 【ガランチョウ】 pelican
  • 瑜伽 【ユガ】 yoga
  • 迦陵頻伽 【カリョウビンガ】 kalavinka, imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes, person or creature with a beautiful voice
  • 伽羅 【キャラ】 aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana), aloes-wood perfume, aloes-wood incense
  • 伽羅蕗 【キャラブキ】 stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
  • 僧伽 【ソウギャ】 sangha (the Buddhist community)

Kun reading compounds

  • 伽 【とぎ】 nursing, nurse, attending, attendant, entertainer
  • 伽芝居 【とぎしばい】 fairy play, pantomime
  • 御伽 【おとぎ】 attending (upon), keeping another company
  • 夜伽 【よとぎ】 attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse), sleeping with a man (at his bidding), overnight vigil before burial

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1, qie2
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • asistencia
  • cuidado
  • atención

Portuguese

French

398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
357 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2014 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
486 Morohashi
159 New Nelson (John Haig)
2115 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-18-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3d Unicode hex code

椰

13 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
邦 木 耳
coconut tree
Kun:
やし
On:
ヤ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 椰子 【ヤシ】 palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
  • 椰胡 【ヤコ】 yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

Kun reading compounds

  • 椰子 【やし】 palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
  • 椰子鸚鵡 【やしおうむ】 palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), goliath cockatoo, great black cockatoo

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye2, ye1
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • cocotero

Portuguese

French

2292 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1891 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2121 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1285 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
698 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15069 Morohashi
2739 New Nelson (John Haig)
2524 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2584 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4792.7 Four corner code
1-60-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6930 Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code