Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
victory, win, prevail, excel
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勝 【ショウ】 win, victory, beautiful scenery, scenic spot, counter for wins
  • 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success
  • 必勝 【ヒッショウ】 certain victory
  • 快勝 【カイショウ】 sweeping victory, easy victory

Kun reading compounds

  • 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
  • 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)
  • 勝る 【まさる】 to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate
  • 優るとも劣らない 【まさるともおとらない】 not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)
  • 優れる 【すぐれる】 to surpass, to outstrip, to excel
  • 勝つ 【かつ】 to win, to gain victory
  • 褐色 【かちいろ】 dark indigo (almost black)

Readings

Japanese names:
かち、 と、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4, sheng1
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • ganar
  • sobresalir

Portuguese

  • vitória
  • vencer
  • prevalecer
  • superar

French

  • victoire
  • gagner
  • l'emporter
  • surpasser
250 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
335 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
319 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
197 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3787 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
266 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
373 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1613 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
509 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
224 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1268 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
918 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1217 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2409 Morohashi
1005 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
553 New Nelson (John Haig)
1209 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1294 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
419 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
401 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3945 2001 Kanji
4b8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
7922.7 Four corner code
1-30-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52dd Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
ground, earth
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
refreshing, nice and cool
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1783 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 涼 【リョウ】 cool breeze, cool air, refreshing coolness
  • 涼風 【リョウフウ】 cool breeze, refreshing breeze
  • 清涼 【セイリョウ】 cool, refreshing
  • 納涼 【ノウリョウ】 escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 涼しい 【すずしい】 cool, refreshing, clear (e.g. eyes), bright, clear, distinct, composed (facial expression), unruffled, unconcerned, pure, upright, innocent
  • 涼しい顔 【すずしいかお】 nonchalant air, unruffled air
  • 涼む 【すずむ】 to cool oneself, to cool off, to enjoy the cool air
  • 涼やか 【すずやか】 refreshing, clear

Readings

Japanese names:
りょ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2, liang4
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • refrescante
  • fresco
  • agradable
  • refrescarse

Portuguese

  • fresco e agradável
  • refrescante

French

  • rafraîchissant
  • frais
1906 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1490 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2598 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
689 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1330 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1267 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
340 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1216 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
633 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
382 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
477 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
319 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17606 Morohashi
521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3198 New Nelson (John Haig)
313 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
335 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1460 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a8.31 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3019.6 Four corner code
1-46-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6dbc Unicode hex code