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冬

5 strokes
Radical:
ice 冫
Parts:
丶 夂 攵
winter
Kun:
ふゆ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1090 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 冬季 【トウキ】 (season of) winter
  • 冬期 【トウキ】 winter, wintertime, winter term
  • 越冬 【エットウ】 passing the winter, hibernation
  • 春夏秋冬 【シュンカシュウトウ】 spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter, the four seasons

Kun reading compounds

  • 冬 【ふゆ】 winter
  • 冬場 【ふゆば】 wintertime, winter season
  • 初冬 【しょとう】 early winter, tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 毎冬 【まいふゆ】 every winter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong1
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • invierno

Portuguese

  • Inverno

French

  • hiver
120 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
199 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
182 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
903 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1161 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
165 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
125 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
161 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
459 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
467 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
399 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2679 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1365 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
434 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1610X Morohashi
2157 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 New Nelson (John Haig)
427 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
456 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
112 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
4i2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
2730.3 Four corner code
1-37-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51ac Unicode hex code

期

12 strokes
Radical:
moon, month 月
Parts:
ハ 月 甘
Variants:
朞
period, time, date, term
On:
キ、 ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 期 【キ】 period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)
  • 期間 【キカン】 period, term, interval
  • 周期 【シュウキ】 cycle, period
  • 当期 【トウキ】 current term (period)
  • 期 【ゴ】 time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
  • 期日 【キジツ】 fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date
  • 一期 【イチゴ】 one's whole life, one's lifetime
  • 非業の最期 【ヒゴウノサイゴ】 unnatural death, violent death

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1, qi1, qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • período
  • plazo
  • intención
  • propósito

Portuguese

  • período
  • tempo
  • data
  • termo

French

  • période
  • temps
  • date
  • terme
183 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
251 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
119 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
619 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
614 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1671 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1008 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14378 Morohashi
1704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4836 New Nelson (John Haig)
1765 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1902 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
247 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
394 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1946 2001 Kanji
4b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4782.0 Four corner code
1-20-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671f Unicode hex code

休

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 木
rest, day off, retire, sleep
Kun:
やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
642 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 休館 【キュウカン】 closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
  • 休暇 【キュウカ】 holiday, day off, furlough, absence (from work)
  • 帰休 【キキュウ】 leave, furlough, temporary layoff
  • 定休 【テイキュウ】 regular holiday, fixed day off, regular closing day

Kun reading compounds

  • 休む 【やすむ】 to be absent, to take a day off, to rest, to have a break, to go to bed, to (lie down to) sleep, to turn in, to retire, to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time, to suspend business
  • 休まる 【やすまる】 to be rested, to feel at ease, to repose, to be relieved
  • 休める 【やすめる】 to rest, to suspend, to give relief

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu1
Korean:
hyu

Spanish

  • descanso
  • descansar
  • tomarse un descanso
  • estar descansado
  • dar descanso

Portuguese

  • descanso
  • dia desligado
  • aposentar
  • sono

French

  • repos
  • jour de repos
  • se coucher
  • dormir
61 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
80 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
13 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
583 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
380 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
153 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
233 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
60 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
60 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
64 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
56 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
36 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
974 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
440 Morohashi
52 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
142 New Nelson (John Haig)
965 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1038 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2164 2001 Kanji
2a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2429.0 Four corner code
1-21-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f11 Unicode hex code

暇

13 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
又 日
spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence
Kun:
ひま、 いとま
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 暇人 【ヒマジン】 person with a lot of free time on their hands, person of leisure, idler, loafer
  • 寸暇 【スンカ】 moment's leisure, free minute
  • 請暇 【セイカ】 vacation request, request for leave of absence

Kun reading compounds

  • 暇 【ひま】 spare time, free time, leisure, time (it takes to do something), time required, time off, leave, vacation, holiday, dismissal, firing, severance, divorce, free, not busy, unoccupied, idle, slow (business), slack, dull, to be free, to be not busy, to be available, to be doing nothing
  • 暇つぶし 【ひまつぶし】 killing time, keeping oneself occupied, time killer, wasting time, waste of time
  • 暇暇 【ひまひま】 one's leisure hours
  • 暇 【いとま】 (spare) time, free time, leisure, time off, leave, vacation, holiday, resignation, dismissal, divorce, leaving, taking one's leave, farewell
  • 暇乞い 【いとまごい】 leave-taking, (saying) goodbye, requesting leave (from work)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia2, xia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • tiempo libre
  • descanso
  • ocio
  • tiempo libre ocio
  • separación
  • adiós

Portuguese

  • tempo livre
  • descanso
  • lazer
  • tempo
  • ausência

French

  • temps libre
  • repos
  • loisirs
  • temps
  • congé
1050 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1547 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2152 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
891 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1410 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1064 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1110 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
622 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
993 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1275 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
691 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
923 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1900 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14036 Morohashi
1012 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2501 New Nelson (John Haig)
1882 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2027 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1632 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3867 2001 Kanji
4c9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
6704.7 Four corner code
1-18-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6687 Unicode hex code