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元

4 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
二 儿 元
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲン、 ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

寇

11 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
二 儿 卜 又 宀 元
Variants:
冦 宼
bandits, thieves, enemy, invade
Kun:
あだ.する
On:
コウ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寇 【コウ】 invasion, invader
  • 寇する 【コウスル】 to invade
  • 外寇 【ガイコウ】 foreign invasion, foreign attack, foreign force
  • 来寇 【ライコウ】 invasion, raid, inroad

Kun reading compounds

  • 仇する 【あだする】 to harm, to injure, to damage, to invade, to raid, to oppose, to rise against

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • enemigo
  • rival
  • saqueo
  • pillaje
  • robo

Portuguese

French

1313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7209 Morohashi
1339 New Nelson (John Haig)
3m8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3021.4 Four corner code
1-53-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc7 Unicode hex code

防

7 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
阡 方
ward off, defend, protect, resist
Kun:
ふせ.ぐ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 防衛施設庁 【ボウエイシセツチョウ】 (Japanese) Defense Facilities Administration Agency (Defence)
  • 防衛 【ボウエイ】 defense, defence, protection
  • 砂防 【サボウ】 erosion control
  • 攻防 【コウボウ】 offense and defense, offence and defence

Kun reading compounds

  • 防ぐ 【ふせぐ】 to defend against, to protect against, to prevent, to avert, to avoid

Readings

Japanese names:
あた、 う、 ほう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • defender
  • proteger
  • aguantar
  • prevenir
  • presa
  • banco

Portuguese

  • desligar
  • defender
  • proteger
  • resistir

French

  • prévenir (un danger)
  • défendre
  • protéger
  • résister
718 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
812 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
791 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
325 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4980 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
680 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
983 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
374 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
513 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
522 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
781 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
725 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1311 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41576 Morohashi
270 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6429 New Nelson (John Haig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1399 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
674 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
2d4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
1-2-4 SKIP code
7022.7 Four corner code
1-43-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9632 Unicode hex code

塁

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
冫 土 田
Variants:
壘 畾
bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)
Kun:
とりで
On:
ルイ、 ライ、 スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塁 【ルイ】 base, bag, sack, fortress, stronghold
  • 塁審 【ルイシン】 base umpire
  • 二塁 【ニルイ】 second base
  • 走塁 【ソウルイ】 base running

Kun reading compounds

  • 砦 【とりで】 fort, fortress, stronghold, fortification

Readings

Japanese names:
る
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei3
Korean:
ru, roe

Spanish

  • puesto
  • fuerte
  • base de béisbol

Portuguese

  • fundamentos
  • base
  • proteção
  • paredes
  • basebol

French

  • bases
  • fort
  • rempart
  • murs
  • base (base-ball)
1918 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
648 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3009 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1571 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1160 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1694 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1810 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1692 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
358 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2250 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1750 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5316P Morohashi
2593 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1056 New Nelson (John Haig)
1734 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1871 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1519 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
5f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-46-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5841 Unicode hex code