Jisho

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俳

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 非
haiku, actor
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 俳句 【ハイク】 haiku, 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • haiku
  • actor
  • intérprete

Portuguese

  • haiku
  • ator

French

  • acteur
  • haïku
969 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
959 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1280 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
485 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1427 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1036 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1035 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1076 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
110 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
126 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
82 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
94 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
726 Morohashi
112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
254 New Nelson (John Haig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1761 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
913 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2154 2001 Kanji
2a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-39-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ff3 Unicode hex code

優

17 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 化 冖 夂 心 白 自
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Kun:
やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
On:
ユウ、 ウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
334 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 優 【ユウ】 Excellent (grade), A, superiority, excellence, gentle, graceful, elegant, skillful
  • 優位 【ユウイ】 predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy
  • 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
  • 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance
  • 優曇華 【ウドンゲ】 udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata), something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years), Japanese fiber banana flower, green lacewing eggs
  • 優婆夷 【ウバイ】 upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
  • 声優 【セイユウ】 voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)
  • 怪優 【カイユウ】 actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

Kun reading compounds

  • 優しい 【やさしい】 tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable
  • 優しい声 【やさしいこえ】 soft voice
  • 優れる 【すぐれる】 to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
  • 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
  • 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • excelente
  • sobresaliente
  • especial
  • papel
  • función
  • elegante
  • tierno
  • amable
  • cariñoso
  • sobrepasar
  • dejar atrás
  • sobresalir

Portuguese

  • ternura
  • superar
  • superação
  • ator
  • superioridade
  • gentileza

French

  • tendresse
  • gentillesse
  • exceller
  • surpasser
  • supériorité
  • acteur
995 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
984 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
453 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1148 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
336 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2599 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1033 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1168 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
140 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
200 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1002 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1261 Morohashi
177 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
334 New Nelson (John Haig)
993 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1068 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1000 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2167 2001 Kanji
2a15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-15 SKIP code
2124.7 Four corner code
1-45-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
512a Unicode hex code

一

1 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一
Variants:
弌
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-、 ひと.つ
On:
イチ、 イツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • １対１ 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

覧

17 strokes
Radical:
see 見
Parts:
ノ 二 臣 見 乞
Variants:
覽
perusal, see
Kun:
み.る
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1510 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 一覧 【イチラン】 look, glance, sight, having a look at, looking over, glancing through, running one's eyes over, summary, list, table, catalog, catalogue
  • 遊覧 【ユウラン】 sightseeing

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan3
Korean:
ram

Spanish

  • ver
  • mirar

Portuguese

  • Ler com atenção
  • ver

French

  • lecture
  • voir
  • prendre connaissance
1001 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
991 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1197 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4292 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
934 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1738 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2695 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1291 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1366 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1831 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1648 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3538 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1827 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2485 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
863 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34928 Morohashi
2854 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5533 New Nelson (John Haig)
855 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
919 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1001 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3457 2001 Kanji
5c12.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-7 SKIP code
2-9-7 SKIP code
7821.6 Four corner code
1-45-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89a7 Unicode hex code