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健

11 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 廴 聿
Variants:
徤
healthy, health, strength, persistence
Kun:
すこ.やか
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
572 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 健康食品 【ケンコウショクヒン】 health foods
  • 健康 【ケンコウ】 health, healthy, sound, fit, wholesome
  • 豪健 【ゴウケン】 hardy, sturdy, robust
  • 質実剛健 【シツジツゴウケン】 unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)

Kun reading compounds

  • 健やか 【すこやか】 vigorous, healthy, sound

Readings

Japanese names:
かつ、 たけ、 たけし、 たて、 とし、 やす、 やすし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon, gyeon

Spanish

  • salud
  • saludable
  • vigor
  • fuerza
  • sano

Portuguese

  • saudável
  • saúde
  • vigor
  • persistência

French

  • santé
  • sain
  • bien portant
  • force
  • persistance
599 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
499 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
474 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
568 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
512 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
364 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
329 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1282 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
893 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
914 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1053 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
118 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
152 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
102 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
117 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
983 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
875 Morohashi
134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
278 New Nelson (John Haig)
974 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1048 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
564 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2167 2001 Kanji
2a8.34 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-9 SKIP code
1-2-8 SKIP code
2524.0 Four corner code
1-23-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5065 Unicode hex code

康

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广 ヨ 水 隶
ease, peace
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
760 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 康安 【コウアン】 Kōan era (of the Northern Court; 1361.3.29-1362.9.23)
  • 康永 【コウエイ】 Kōei era (of the Northern Court; 1342.4.27-1345.10.21)
  • 小康 【ショウコウ】 lull, breathing spell, respite, remission (of an illness), becoming stable
  • 安康 【アンコウ】 calm and peaceful period of time

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 こ、 みち、 やす、 やすし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • tranquilo
  • calmado
  • sano

Portuguese

  • facilidade
  • paz

French

  • tranquille
  • paisible
608 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
506 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
480 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1518 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
860 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1509 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
916 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1054 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
592 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1994 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9376 Morohashi
3124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 New Nelson (John Haig)
1159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
565 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
542 2001 Kanji
3q8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0023.2 Four corner code
1-25-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb7 Unicode hex code

上

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 卜
Variants:
丄
above, up
Kun:
うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 たてまつ.る
On:
ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
35 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 上 【ジョウ】 from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned, on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle), the best, top, first class, first grade, first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book, with my compliments
  • 上位 【ジョウイ】 superior (in rank), top, ranking, higher order (e.g. byte), host computer (of connected device)
  • 口上 【コウジョウ】 vocal message, speech, statement, prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
  • 水上 【スイジョウ】 on the water, aquatic, waterside, water's edge
  • 上人 【ショウニン】 holy priest, saint
  • 上下 【ショウカ】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people
  • 呈上 【テイジョウ】 giving, gifting, presenting
  • 主上 【シュジョウ】 emperor
  • 上海 【シャンハイ】 Shanghai (China)
  • 上湯 【シャンタン】 top-grade Chinese soup stock

Kun reading compounds

  • 上 【うえ】 above, over, up, top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase), surface, on (top of), the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part, superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class), elder, older, senior, with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk), besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ..., after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ..., since ..., now that ..., because ..., honorable, venerable, dear, emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
  • 上向き 【うわむき】 pointing up, pointing upward, upturn, uptrend, upward tendency
  • 床上 【ゆかうえ】 on a floor, above floor level
  • 一枚上 【いちまいうえ】 one step higher, one better, cut above, one up
  • 上 【かみ】 upper reaches (of a river), upper stream, top, upper part, upper half (of the body), long ago, beginning, first, person of high rank (e.g. the emperor), government, imperial court, imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace, head (of a table), wife, mistress (of a restaurant)
  • 上期 【かみき】 first half of the (fiscal) year
  • 風上 【かざかみ】 windward, upwind
  • 御上 【おかみ】 the Emperor, His Majesty, the government, the authorities, proprietress, hostess, landlady, mistress, your wife, his wife, (one's) master, lord
  • 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
  • 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
  • 上がり 【あがり】 rise, increase, ascent, income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit, completion, end, finish, end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish, finishing (in a board or card game, etc.), green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant), after (rain, illness, etc.), ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
  • 上がり下り 【あがりおり】 going up and down, ascent and descent
  • 芸者上がり 【げいしゃあがり】 ex-geisha, former geisha
  • 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)
  • 上り 【のぼり】 ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route, upbound (esp. toward Tokyo), upstream, uphill
  • 上り下り 【のぼりくだり】 going up and down, ascent and descent, climb and descent
  • 逆上せる 【のぼせる】 to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head, to lose one's cool, to be obsessed, to be infatuated, to become conceited
  • 上せる 【のぼせる】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send some on out
  • 上す 【のぼす】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send someone out

Readings

Japanese names:
あおい、 あげ、 い、 か、 かき、 かず、 かん、 こう、 のぼり、 ほつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang4, shang3
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • arriba
  • encima
  • parte superior
  • cima
  • superficie

Portuguese

  • acima
  • para cima
  • sobre
  • subir
  • galgar
  • em cima
  • escalar

French

  • au-dessus
  • haut
  • monter
  • donner (je te donne)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
23 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
37 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
21 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
29 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
47 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
32 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
6 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4212 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13 Morohashi
3404 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 New Nelson (John Haig)
49 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
12 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1272 2001 Kanji
2m1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
2110.0 Four corner code
1-30-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0a Unicode hex code