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凹

5 strokes
Radical:
container, open mouth 凵
Parts:
凵
concave, hollow, sunken
Kun:
くぼ.む、 へこ.む、 ぼこ
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2206 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 凹 【オウ】 concave, hollow, sunken
  • 凹凸 【オウトツ】 unevenness, bumpiness, roughness, ruggedness, imbalance, inequality, unevenness, disparity
  • 肋凹 【ロクオウ】 costal fovea

Kun reading compounds

  • 窪む 【くぼむ】 to cave in, to become depressed, to sink
  • 凹む 【へこむ】 to be dented, to be indented, to yield, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in, to be beaten, to be overwhelmed, to yield, to give in, to give up, to be disheartened, to feel down, to feel depressed, to suffer a loss, to lose
  • 発達凸凹 【はったつでこぼこ】 developmental irregularities, developmental disorder, neurodiversity
  • 穴ぼこ 【あなぼこ】 hole, hollow, pothole (road, pavement, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ao1, wa1
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • hueco
  • cóncavo
  • hundido

Portuguese

  • côncavo
  • concavidade
  • afundado

French

  • concave
  • creux
  • dépression
1032 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1920 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
664 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1883 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1087 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1893 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2069 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1922 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
173 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4294 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2924 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1810 Morohashi
3482 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
444 New Nelson (John Haig)
33 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
33 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1039 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
0a5.14 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7777.0 Four corner code
1-17-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51f9 Unicode hex code

所

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 尸 戸 斤
place, extent
Kun:
ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 所 【ショ】 counter for places
  • 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
  • 高所 【コウショ】 high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view
  • 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kun reading compounds

  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所で 【ところで】 by the way, incidentally, well, now, even if, no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
  • 一所 【いっしょ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
  • 痛いところ 【いたいところ】 one's weak point, one's sore spot, raw nerve
  • 所か 【どころか】 far from, anything but, not at all ... but rather ..., not ..., on the contrary, ..., instead of, rather than, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less, not only ... (but also ...)
  • 所じゃない 【どころじゃない】 not the time for, not the place for, far from, anything but, ... is out of the question, ... isn't the word for it
  • 大所 【おおどころ】 wealthy family, important person, bigwig
  • 居所 【いどころ】 whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence
  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所で 【ところで】 by the way, incidentally, well, now, even if, no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
  • 早いとこ 【はやいとこ】 promptly, quickly
  • 僕んとこ 【ぼくんとこ】 at my place

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • lugar

Portuguese

  • Lugar

French

  • lieu
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
328 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11715X Morohashi
851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 New Nelson (John Haig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
305 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3054 2001 Kanji
4m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
7222.1 Four corner code
1-29-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6240 Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool or cold), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

溜

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
刀 厶 汁 田
Variants:
澑
collect, gather, be in arrears
Kun:
た.まる、 たま.る、 た.める、 したた.る、 たまり、 ため
On:
リュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 溜飲 【リュウイン】 acid reflux, bile reflux, pyrosis, stomach acid (when it enters the esophagus), heartburn, indigestion, water brash, gloating, gratification, satisfaction
  • 溜飲が下がる 【リュウインガサガル】 to feel relieved, to feel satisfied
  • 溝溜 【コウリュウ】 drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
  • 貯留 【チョリュウ】 accumulation (e.g. of water), retention, storage, collection, sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)

Kun reading compounds

  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜める 【ためる】 to amass, to accumulate, to store, to leave unpaid
  • 溜まり 【たまり】 pile, pool, collection, gathering spot, waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring, liquid runoff from miso preparation, tamari, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • たまり醤油 【たまりじょうゆ】 tamari soy sauce, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • 船だまり 【ふなだまり】 moorage (esp. for small boats), anchorage
  • 溜め 【ため】 cesspool, sink, manure sink
  • ため息 【ためいき】 sigh
  • ゴミ溜め 【ゴミため】 garbage dump, scrap heap, rubbish dump, dump, dumpsite

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu1, liu4
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1892 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17943 Morohashi
662 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3276 New Nelson (John Haig)
2324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2415 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a10.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3716.2 Four corner code
1-46-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9c Unicode hex code