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冷

7 strokes
Radical:
ice 冫
Parts:
一 个 冫 卩
cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Kun:
つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
667 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 冷 【レイ】 refrigerator, cold, cool, cold sake
  • 冷夏 【レイカ】 cool summer, cold summer, cooler-than-normal summer
  • 寒冷 【カンレイ】 cold, coldness, chilliness
  • 空冷 【クウレイ】 air cooling

Kun reading compounds

  • 冷たい 【つめたい】 cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing, (emotionally) cold, coldhearted, unfeeling, indifferent, unfriendly, distant
  • 冷たい暗黒物質 【つめたいあんこくぶっしつ】 cold dark matter
  • 冷える 【ひえる】 to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator), to get chilly, to cool down
  • 冷や 【ひや】 cold water, cold sake, cold, cool, chilled, unheated
  • 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
  • お冷 【おひや】 cold (drinking) water, (glass of) cold water, cold boiled rice
  • 冷ややか 【ひややか】 cold, chilly, cool, cold (attitude, stare, etc.), frigid, indifferent, distant, surly, curt, composed, cool, calm
  • 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
  • 冷やかす 【ひやかす】 to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at, to cool, to refrigerate, to window-shop, to look at without buying
  • 冷める 【さめる】 to cool down, to get cold, to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.), to subside, to dampen, to fade, to wane, to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.), to be composed
  • 冷ます 【さます】 to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature), to let cool, to dampen, to throw a damper on, to spoil

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
leng3
Korean:
raeng

Spanish

  • frío
  • enfriar
  • enfriarse
  • helarse
  • helar

Portuguese

  • fresco
  • frio (cerveja
  • pessoa)
  • calafrio

French

  • froid
  • fraîche (bière)
  • froide (personne)
  • refroidir
535 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
634 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
604 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
607 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
642 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
792 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
348 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
349 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
832 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
851 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
166 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
88 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
61 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1416 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1622 Morohashi
80 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
419 New Nelson (John Haig)
1404 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1506 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
493 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
344 2001 Kanji
2b5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3812.7 Four corner code
1-46-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51b7 Unicode hex code

飯

12 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
厂 又 食
meal, boiled rice
Kun:
めし
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
  • 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
  • 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
  • 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

Kun reading compounds

  • 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
  • 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
  • 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
  • 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 いい、 いり、 え
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • comida
  • arroz cocido

Portuguese

  • refeição
  • arroz cozido

French

  • repas
  • riz bouilli
696 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
594 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
565 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1083 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5158 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
768 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
279 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1964 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
325 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
325 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
604 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1904 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2126 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1485 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44064P Morohashi
1691 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6679 New Nelson (John Haig)
1473 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1583 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
597 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2867 2001 Kanji
8b4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
8174.7 Four corner code
1-40-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98ef Unicode hex code

草

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
十 艾 日
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Kun:
くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
  • 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
  • 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
  • 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
  • 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
  • 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
  • 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass

Readings

Japanese names:
そ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • hierba
  • planta

Portuguese

  • grama
  • erva daninha
  • ervas
  • pasto
  • escrever
  • esboçar

French

  • herbe
  • mauvaise herbe
  • plantes
  • pâturage
  • écrire
  • ébauche
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
229 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30945P Morohashi
2263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5032 New Nelson (John Haig)
224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4440.6 Four corner code
1-33-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8349 Unicode hex code

履

15 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
夂 尸 彳 日 乞
perform, complete, footgear, shoes, boots, put on (the feet)
Kun:
は.く
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 履歴書 【リレキショ】 personal history, curriculum vitae, resume
  • 履行 【リコウ】 performance (of a duty), fulfillment (of a promise), fulfilment, execution (of a contract), discharge, implementation
  • 草履 【ゾウリ】 zori, traditional Japanese thonged sandals
  • 再履 【サイリ】 repeating a course, taking a course again

Kun reading compounds

  • 履く 【はく】 to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear, to affix (a sword to one's hip), to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • llevar a cabo uno mismo
  • calzado
  • calzarse

Portuguese

  • calçado
  • sapatos
  • botas
  • usar (sapatos
  • meias)

French

  • chausser
  • enfiler
  • chaussures
  • bottes
  • expérience
1896 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1657 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1404 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1639 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1234 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2415 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1635 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1745 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1405 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
534 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3933 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1066 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7799 Morohashi
3171 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1434 New Nelson (John Haig)
1057 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1755 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3767 2001 Kanji
3r12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-45-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c65 Unicode hex code