Jisho

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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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冬季 【トウキ】 winter season, 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

至

6 strokes
Radical:
arrive 至
Parts:
一 厶 土 至
climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in
Kun:
いた.る
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
996 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 至 【シ】 to (a place), until (a time)
  • 至上 【シジョウ】 supremacy
  • 必至 【ヒッシ】 inevitable, necessary, foregone, brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
  • 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice

Kun reading compounds

  • 至る 【いたる】 to arrive at (e.g. a decision), to reach (a stage), to attain, to lead to (a place), to get to, in the extreme case of, to come, to arrive, to result in
  • 至る所 【いたるところ】 everywhere, all over, throughout

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ、 のり、 みち、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • llegar
  • alcanzar
  • apogeo
  • clímax

Portuguese

  • clímax
  • chegar
  • continuar
  • alcançar
  • atingir
  • resultar em

French

  • aboutissement
  • paroxysme
  • solstice
  • atteindre
  • arriver à
  • direction
  • résultat
796 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
886 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
875 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1093 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3845 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
725 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1685 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
485 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
902 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
924 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1198 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1589 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2707 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1382 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
760 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30142 Morohashi
2182 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4903 New Nelson (John Haig)
753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
815 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
475 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
845 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3b3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
1010.4 Four corner code
1-27-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81f3 Unicode hex code

南

9 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
并 冂 十 干
south
Kun:
みなみ
On:
ナン、 ナ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
  • 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
  • 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea

Kun reading compounds

  • 南 【みなみ】 south
  • 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
  • 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
  • 西南 【せいなん】 south-west

Readings

Japanese names:
なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2, na1
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • Sur

Portuguese

  • sul

French

  • sud
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
190 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
205 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
157 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
912 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
74 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
41 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
247 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2584 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1627 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2750 Morohashi
2082 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
619 New Nelson (John Haig)
1613 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1740 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
401 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
186 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1553 2001 Kanji
2k7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-38-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5357 Unicode hex code

瓜

6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
melon 瓜
Parts:
厶 瓜
melon
Kun:
うり
On:
カ、 ケ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
  • 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica

Kun reading compounds

  • 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
  • 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
  • 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
  • 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber

Readings

Japanese names:
う
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • melón

Portuguese

French

  • melon
2973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1888 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1895 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21371X Morohashi
3038 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3686 New Nelson (John Haig)
1877 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2022 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2662 2001 Kanji
0a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7223.0 Four corner code
1-17-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74dc Unicode hex code