Jisho

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前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

田

5 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
田
rice field, rice paddy
Kun:
た
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
90 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 田畑 【タハタ】 fields (of rice and other crops)
  • 田園 【デンエン】 the country, countryside, rural districts, cultivated land, fields
  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 水田 【スイデン】 (water-filled) paddy field

Kun reading compounds

  • 田 【た】 rice field
  • 田植え 【たうえ】 rice planting
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt

Readings

Japanese names:
いなか、 おか、 たん、 で、 とう、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • campo de arroz
  • arrozal

Portuguese

  • campo de arroz
  • arroz sem beneficiar

French

  • rizière
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
60 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
59 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
52 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
35 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21723 Morohashi
3041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3727 New Nelson (John Haig)
14 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
14 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
45 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3676 2001 Kanji
5f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-37-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7530 Unicode hex code

米

6 strokes
Radical:
rice 米
Parts:
米
rice, USA, metre
Kun:
こめ、 よね
On:
ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 米 【ベイ】 (United States of) America, USA
  • 米価 【ベイカ】 rice price
  • 在米 【ザイベイ】 being in the United States, staying in the United States, residing in the United States
  • 対米 【タイベイ】 relating to the USA, toward America, with America
  • 精米 【セイマイ】 rice polishing, polished rice
  • 白米 【ハクマイ】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Kun reading compounds

  • 米 【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity, (online) comment
  • 米倉 【こめぐら】 rice granary
  • お米 【おこめ】 (husked grains of) rice
  • アルボリオ米 【アルボリオこめ】 arborio rice (Italian variety)
  • 米 【よね】 88 years old, rice
  • 米沢牛 【よねざわぎゅう】 Yonezawa beef
  • 白米 【はくまい】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 べ、 まべ、 め、 よ、 よな、 よの、 よま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • arroz
  • América
  • arroz (crudo)

Portuguese

  • arroz
  • EUA

French

  • grain de riz
  • Amérique
  • un mètre
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
220 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
201 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3461 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
112 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
803 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
224 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1493 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2198 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
928 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26832 Morohashi
3529 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4380 New Nelson (John Haig)
919 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
987 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
155 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
6b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
9090.4 Four corner code
1-42-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c73 Unicode hex code

蔵

15 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
ノ 厂 艾 戈 臣
Variants:
藏 匨
storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
Kun:
くら、 おさ.める、 かく.れる
On:
ゾウ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
468 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蔵 【ゾウ】 possession, ownership, Tibet, Tibetan people
  • 蔵書 【ゾウショ】 collection of books, (personal) library
  • 地蔵 【ジゾウ】 Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha, Jizō
  • 内蔵 【ナイゾウ】 internal (e.g. disk), built-in, equipped (with)
  • 秘蔵 【ヒゾウ】 treasuring, cherishing, prizing, holding dear

Kun reading compounds

  • 蔵 【くら】 warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
  • 蔵元 【くらもと】 brewery (sake, soy), brewer, warehouse overseer
  • 大蔵 【おおくら】 Ministry of Finance
  • お蔵 【おくら】 shelving (a play, movie, etc.), closing down, cancelling, canceling, rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

Readings

Japanese names:
くらし、 くらん、 くろう、 さし、 ざ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cang2, zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • almacén
  • depósito
  • bodega
  • esconder
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • armazém
  • esconder
  • possuir
  • ter

French

  • entrepôt
  • salle de stockage
  • cacher
  • avoir
  • posséder
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
936 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
429 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
779 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
873 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1111 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
667 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2995 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1530 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2088 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
858 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31885P Morohashi
2364 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5182 New Nelson (John Haig)
850 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
913 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
986 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1959 2001 Kanji
3k12.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-3-11 SKIP code
4425.3 Four corner code
1-34-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8535 Unicode hex code