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八

2 strokes
Radical:
eight 八
Parts:
ハ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Kun:
や、 や.つ、 やっ.つ、 よう
On:
ハチ、 ハツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 八 【ハチ】 eight, 8
  • ８月 【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
  • 十八 【ジュウハチ】 eighteen, 18
  • 尺八 【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
  • 鳶尾 【イチハツ】 wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis

Kun reading compounds

  • 八 【はち】 eight, 8
  • 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 八つ当たり 【やつあたり】 venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • ８日 【ようか】 8th day of the month, eight days

Readings

Japanese names:
な、 は、 はっ、 やち、 やつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba1, ba2
Korean:
pal

Spanish

  • ocho
  • 8

Portuguese

  • Oito

French

  • huit
  • radical huit (no. 12)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
66 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
41 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
577 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
19 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
10 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3644 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1859 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1450 Morohashi
3 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
369 New Nelson (John Haig)
8 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
8 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
116 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
4 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2062 2001 Kanji
2o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-1 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-40-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516b Unicode hex code

戸

4 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 尸 戸
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
Kun:
と
On:
コ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
575 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 戸 【コ】 counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
  • 戸外 【コガイ】 open air, outdoors, outside
  • 一戸 【イッコ】 one house, household
  • 下戸 【ゲコ】 non-drinker, someone who cannot drink

Kun reading compounds

  • 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
  • 戸惑い 【とまどい】 being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment, disorientation upon waking at night, forgetting which house or room to enter
  • 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
  • 大戸 【おおど】 main door at the front of a house, front shutters

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • puerta
  • casa
  • puerta corrediza

Portuguese

  • Porta

French

  • porte
  • compteur de maisons
  • radical porte (no 63)
69 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
120 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
108 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
342 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
126 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
551 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
59 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
152 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
152 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2429 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1227 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1691 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1085 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11696X Morohashi
1930 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2048 New Nelson (John Haig)
1076 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
90 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3060 2001 Kanji
4m0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
3020.7 Four corner code
3027.7 Four corner code
1-24-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6238 Unicode hex code

駐

15 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 杰 王 馬
stop-over, reside in, resident
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
955 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 駐 【チュウ】 parking, parking lot, parking space
  • 駐在 【チュウザイ】 residence, stay, (job) posting, being stationed (overseas, etc.), residential police box, residential police box officer
  • 常駐 【ジョウチュウ】 permanent stationing, staying permanently, resident (program, file, etc.)
  • 進駐 【シンチュウ】 occupation, stationing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • parar en
  • permanecer en
  • aparcar

Portuguese

  • Viajar com paradas
  • residir em
  • residente

French

  • stationner
  • résident
1587 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
890 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5209 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1372 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1016 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
599 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
609 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1386 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1918 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2297 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2001 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44660 Morohashi
1826 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6745 New Nelson (John Haig)
1982 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2136 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1817 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3472 2001 Kanji
10a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-5 SKIP code
7031.4 Four corner code
1-35-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99d0 Unicode hex code

屯

4 strokes
Radical:
sprout 屮
Parts:
ノ 乙 凵 屯
barracks, police station, camp, ton
Kun:
たむろ
On:
トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1980 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 屯 【トン】 ton (esp. a metric ton, i.e. 1000 kg), tonne
  • 屯営 【トンエイ】 military camp, barracks, camping
  • 駐屯 【チュウトン】 stationing (troops), garrisoning
  • 英トン 【エイトン】 long ton, British ton

Kun reading compounds

  • 屯 【たむろ】 gathering, place where people gather, police station, camp, barracks
  • 屯う 【たむろう】 to gather (of people), to assemble, to hang out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tun2, zhun1
Korean:
dun, jun

Spanish

  • barraca
  • campamento
  • cuartel de policía

Portuguese

  • quarteis
  • estação de polícia
  • acampamento

French

  • garnison
  • poste de police
  • camp militaire
1669 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2038 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1235 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
222 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1936 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2121 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1918 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
22 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4268 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2908 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2055 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7828 Morohashi
3457 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1438 New Nelson (John Haig)
2033 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2189 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1029 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
0a4.35 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
5071.7 Four corner code
1-38-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c6f Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 towards the ground, with respect to the ground, ground (speed, attack, etc.)
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code