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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

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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

場

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 土 日 勿
Variants:
塲
location, place
Kun:
ば
On:
ジョウ、 チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
52 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 場 【ジョウ】 place, spot, grounds, arena, stadium, range, course
  • 場外 【ジョウガイ】 outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.), off the grounds, off the premises, off-track
  • 斎場 【サイジョウ】 funeral hall, ceremony site
  • 開場 【カイジョウ】 opening (the doors of a venue), inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 場 【ば】 place, spot, space, field, discipline, sphere, realm, occasion, situation, scene (of a play, movie, etc.), session, field, table, area in which cards are laid out (in a card game), round (east, south, etc.), field, field (in Gestalt psychology)
  • 場合 【ばあい】 case, occasion, situation, circumstances
  • 木場 【きば】 lumberyard
  • 漁場 【ぎょじょう】 fishing grounds, permitted fishing zone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2, chang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • lugar
  • situación
  • momento

Portuguese

  • localização
  • lugar

French

  • lieu
  • place
  • aire
  • champ (magnétique)
252 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
161 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
144 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
34 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
250 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
145 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
154 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
335 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
678 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
512 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
551 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5278 Morohashi
558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058 New Nelson (John Haig)
545 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
584 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
49 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
216 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1451 2001 Kanji
3b9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4612.7 Four corner code
1-30-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5834 Unicode hex code

版

8 strokes
Radical:
slice 片
Parts:
片 厂 又
printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
802 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 版 【ハン】 edition, version, printing, impression, implementation (of software), plate, block, cast, counter for editions of a publication
  • 版画 【ハンガ】 woodcut, woodblock print, art print
  • 図版 【ズハン】 plate, illustration, figure
  • 製版 【セイハン】 plate-making

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban3
Korean:
pan

Spanish

  • edición
  • impresión

Portuguese

  • Imprimir
  • edição
  • impressão
  • rótulo

French

  • édition
  • bloc d'impression
  • plaque d'impression
  • impression
  • version
861 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
791 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
770 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
677 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2843 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
689 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
725 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1046 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1089 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1142 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1288 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1082 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
585 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
775 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1221 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19817 Morohashi
872 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3526 New Nelson (John Haig)
1213 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1298 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
691 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1267 2001 Kanji
2j6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2104.7 Four corner code
1-40-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7248 Unicode hex code

幻

4 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny 幺
Parts:
幺
phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition
Kun:
まぼろし
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 幻想 【ゲンソウ】 fantasy, illusion, vision, dream
  • 幻覚 【ゲンカク】 hallucination, illusion
  • 変幻 【ヘンゲン】 transformation
  • 夢幻 【ムゲン】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Kun reading compounds

  • 幻 【まぼろし】 phantom, vision, illusion, apparition, something fleeting, short-lived dream, fabled item, mythical thing, very rare thing
  • 幻を追う 【まぼろしをおう】 to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms
  • 夢幻 【むげん】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • visión
  • espejismo
  • ilusión
  • aparición

Portuguese

  • fantasma
  • visão
  • sonho
  • ilusão
  • aparição

French

  • chimère
  • fantôme
  • fantasme
  • vision
  • rêve
  • illusion
  • apparition
1226 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1550 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1494 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1691 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1255 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1291 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1814 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
577 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
159 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1880 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9190 Morohashi
180 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 New Nelson (John Haig)
1862 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2006 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1030 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2753 2001 Kanji
0a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-1 SKIP code
2772.0 Four corner code
1-24-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7b Unicode hex code

爆

19 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 日 水 火 井
bomb, burst open, pop, split
Kun:
は.ぜる
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 爆 【バク】 burst of laughter, roar of laughter, in copious amounts
  • 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
  • 起爆 【キバク】 ignition, detonation, triggering, explosion
  • 水爆 【スイバク】 hydrogen bomb

Kun reading compounds

  • 爆ぜる 【はぜる】 to burst open, to pop, to split

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao4
Korean:
pog, bag

Spanish

  • estallar
  • reventar
  • explotar

Portuguese

  • bomba
  • explodir
  • estouro
  • fender

French

  • bombe
  • faire éclater
  • exploser
  • craquer
1702 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
475 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2818 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
923 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
723 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1015 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1053 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1044 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1273 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1415 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1020 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1820 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19540 Morohashi
1101 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3505 New Nelson (John Haig)
1802 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1942 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
309 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1915 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
4d15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-15 SKIP code
1-1-18 SKIP code
9683.2 Four corner code
1-39-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7206 Unicode hex code

誕

15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
ノ 廴 止 言
nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1024 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 誕生 【タンジョウ】 birth, creation, formation
  • 誕生日 【タンジョウビ】 birthday
  • 生誕 【セイタン】 birth, nativity
  • 再誕 【サイタン】 resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan4
Korean:
tan

Spanish

  • natividad
  • nacimiento
  • nacer

Portuguese

  • natividade
  • nascer
  • decadência
  • mentira
  • ser arbitrário

French

  • nativité
  • être né
  • déclinaison
  • exagération
  • être arbitraire
943 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1568 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1286 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4386 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
960 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1756 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2319 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1116 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1168 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1697 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1987 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
400 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35692P Morohashi
1579 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5640 New Nelson (John Haig)
393 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
420 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
987 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3067 2001 Kanji
7a7.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
1-7-6 SKIP code
0264.1 Four corner code
1-35-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a95 Unicode hex code