Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
Kun:
えら.い
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1639 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 偉 【イ】 greatness, excellence, magnificence
  • 偉業 【イギョウ】 great achievement, great feat, great work, great undertaking
  • 魁偉 【カイイ】 brawny, muscular, impressive, gigantic
  • 容貌魁偉 【ヨウボウカイイ】 (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique

Kun reading compounds

  • 偉い 【えらい】 great, excellent, admirable, commendable, laudable, honorable, wonderful, outstanding, extraordinary, distinguished, important, high-ranking, powerful, eminent, famous, awful, terrible, serious, tremendous, great, mighty, severe, tiring, tough, hard, very, extremely
  • 偉いこっちゃ 【えらいこっちゃ】 what are we going to do?, uh-oh, oh crap, what a mess, oh brother

Readings

Japanese names:
ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei3
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • admirable
  • notable
  • excelente

Portuguese

  • admirável
  • grandeza
  • notável
  • conceituado
  • excelente
  • famoso

French

  • admirable
  • grandeur
  • remarquable
  • vaniteux
  • célèbre
  • excellent
1005 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1532 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
506 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1098 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
327 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1535 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1053 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1096 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
123 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
167 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
837 Morohashi
148 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
285 New Nelson (John Haig)
1643 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1772 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1504 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2425.6 Four corner code
1-16-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5049 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
Kun:
たけだけ
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 丈 【ジョウ】 3.03 meters (ten shaku), length, measure, Mr., Mrs.
  • 丈夫 【ジョウブ】 healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable
  • 気丈 【キジョウ】 stout-hearted, firm, courageous, brave, tough
  • 方丈 【ホウジョウ】 square jō (approx. 10 sq feet), abbot's chamber, chief priest

Kun reading compounds

  • 丈 【たけ】 height, stature, length (esp. of clothing), all (one has), everything, magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
  • 丈比べ 【たけくらべ】 comparison of statures
  • 草丈 【くさたけ】 rice plant's height
  • 着丈 【きたけ】 dress length
  • 丈 【だけ】 only, just, merely, simply, no more than, nothing but, alone, as much as, to the extent of, enough to
  • 丈に 【だけに】 as one would expect from ..., given that ... (naturally ...), because ..., being ..., precisely because ..., all the more because of ..., on account of ..., ... being what it is, only to, only for, only in
  • 一度だけ 【いちどだけ】 only once
  • 七分丈 【しちぶたけ】 three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 ますら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • unidad de longitud (10 pies)
  • altura
  • sólido
  • fuerte
  • longitud

Portuguese

  • comprimento
  • 10 pés
  • medida
  • Sra.
  • Dona.
  • altura
  • estatura
  • todo
  • únicamente
  • isto é tudo
  • meramente

French

  • longueur
  • 10 pieds (jo)
  • mesure
  • M
  • Mme
  • taille
  • stature
  • tout (ce qu'on a)
  • seulement
  • c'est tout
1415 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1317 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
151 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
962 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1025 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
36 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1325 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1408 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1272 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
7 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2885 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11 Morohashi
3419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5 New Nelson (John Haig)
691 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
746 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1010 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1466 2001 Kanji
0a3.26 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
5000.0 Four corner code
1-30-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e08 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
husband, man
Kun:
おっとそれ
On:
フウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 夫妻 【フサイ】 husband and wife, married couple
  • 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
  • 継夫 【ケイフ】 second husband
  • 炊夫 【スイフ】 male cook
  • 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife
  • 夫子 【フウシ】 teacher, wise man, sage, master, Confucius, the person concerned, you, he, she
  • 一工夫 【ヒトクフウ】 a bit of contrivance, some fiddling, a little ingenuity
  • 創意工夫 【ソウイクフウ】 ingenuity, inventiveness, creative originality
  • 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
  • 賦役 【フエキ】 slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
  • 大夫 【ダイブ】 high steward, grand master
  • 右京大夫 【ウキョウノダイブ】 Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system), high steward

Kun reading compounds

  • 夫 【おっと】 husband
  • 夫選び 【おっとえらび】 choosing a husband
  • DV夫 【ディーブイおっと】 (physically) abusive husband, wife beater
  • 元夫 【もとおっと】 ex-husband, former husband
  • 其れ其れ 【それぞれ】 each, respectively

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 と、 ゆう、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1, fu2
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • marido
  • hombre
  • esposo

Portuguese

  • marido
  • homem

French

  • mari
  • homme
501 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
601 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
573 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
265 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
51 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
445 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
104 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
315 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
411 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4271 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2157 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
846 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5835 Morohashi
3460 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1136 New Nelson (John Haig)
838 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
901 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
220 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
445 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a4.31 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
5003.0 Four corner code
1-41-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592b Unicode hex code