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劇

15 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
刈 匕 卜 厂 虍 豕
drama, play
On:
ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
  • 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
  • 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
  • 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • drama
  • obra
  • teatro
  • violento
  • intenso

Portuguese

  • drama
  • jogo

French

  • théâtre
  • pièce (théâtre)
858 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
848 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
458 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
247 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1078 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
365 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
797 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
811 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1140 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
206 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2399 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1681 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2016 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2218 Morohashi
1904 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
517 New Nelson (John Haig)
1997 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2152 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
982 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1243 2001 Kanji
2f13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-2 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-23-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5287 Unicode hex code

団

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 寸
Variants:
團
group, association
Kun:
かたまり、 まる.い
On:
ダン、 トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
213 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 団 【ダン】 body, group, party, company, troupe
  • 団員 【ダンイン】 group member
  • 退団 【タイダン】 leaving (a group, team, etc.)
  • 営団 【エイダン】 corporation, foundation
  • 敷き布団 【シキブトン】 futon (laid on the floor), (Japanese) mattress, underquilt, sleeping mat
  • 水団 【スイトン】 flour dumplings in soup

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuan2
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • grupo
  • asociación
  • compañía
  • redondo

Portuguese

  • grupo
  • associação

French

  • groupe
  • association
672 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
772 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
749 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1027 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
243 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
421 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
310 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
491 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
500 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
366 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
339 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3791 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1935 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
589 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4703P Morohashi
3053 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
940 New Nelson (John Haig)
582 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
625 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
336 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
661 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
3s3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6034.0 Four corner code
1-35-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56e3 Unicode hex code

四

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
儿 囗
Variants:
亖
four
Kun:
よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 四 【シ】 four, 4
  • ４月 【シガツ】 April, fourth month in the lunar calendar
  • 十四 【ジュウシ】 fourteen, 14
  • 炭素１４ 【タンソジュウシ】 carbon-14

Kun reading compounds

  • 四 【し】 four, 4
  • 四畳半 【よじょうはん】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
  • 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
  • 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
  • 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
  • 四つの自由 【よっつのじゆう】 the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
  • 四 【し】 four, 4
  • ４０ 【よんじゅう】 forty, 40
  • 十四 【じゅうし】 fourteen, 14
  • 軽四 【けいよん】 four-wheeled light vehicle

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 つ、 よつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cuatro
  • 4

Portuguese

  • quatro

French

  • quatre
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
26 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
18 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1025 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
188 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
6 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
6 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
335 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3778 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4682 Morohashi
3044 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938 New Nelson (John Haig)
4 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
4 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
114 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
37 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
3s2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-27-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56db Unicode hex code

季

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子 禾
seasons
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
842 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 季 【キ】 season (in nature, sports, etc.), seasonal word or phrase (in haiku), year
  • 季刊 【キカン】 quarterly publication
  • 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
  • 秋季 【シュウキ】 fall season, autumn season

Readings

Japanese names:
すえ、 とし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • estación del año

Portuguese

  • estações

French

  • saison
369 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
471 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
448 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
871 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3266 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
641 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
456 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
725 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
465 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
473 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
698 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
461 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3161 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
921 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6965 Morohashi
2554 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1292 New Nelson (John Haig)
912 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
978 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
499 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2247 2001 Kanji
5d2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2040.7 Four corner code
1-21-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b63 Unicode hex code