Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
Variants:
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east
Kun:
On:
ボウモウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卯 【ウ】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 丁卯 【ヒノトウ】 Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
  • 己卯 【ツチノトウ】 Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

Kun reading compounds

  • 卯 【う】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 卯年 【うさぎどし】 year of the Hare, year of the Rabbit
  • なか卯 【なかう】 Nakau (restaurant chain)
  • 辛卯 【かのとう】 Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 しげる、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao3
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • signo de la liebre
  • cuarto signo del zodíaco
  • conejo

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 4ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Lapin (zodiaque)
  • 5 à 7 heures du matin
  • Est (90°)
2052 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
806 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1983 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2031 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2062 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2847 Morohashi
199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628 New Nelson (John Haig)
2041 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2199 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-17-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
536f Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
west, bird, sign of the bird, 5-7PM, tenth sign of Chinese zodiac, sake radical (no. 164)
Kun:
とり
On:
ユウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2468 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁酉 【ヒノトトリ】 Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
  • 癸酉 【ミズノトトリ】 Water Rooster (10th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1933, 1993, 2053)

Kun reading compounds

  • 酉 【とり】 the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Cock, the Chicken, the Bird, hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm), west, eight month of the lunar calendar
  • 酉年 【とりどし】 year of the Rooster, year of the Cock
  • 辛酉 【かのととり】 Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)
  • 乙酉 【きのととり】 Wood Rooster (22nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1945, 2005, 2065)

Readings

Japanese names:
なが、 みのる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you3
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • signo del pájaro
  • doceavo signo del zodiaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 10ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Coq (zodiaque)
  • oiseau
  • Ouest (270°)
  • 17 à 19 h
  • radical saké (no. 164)
2053 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4775 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1989 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
526 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2969 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1439 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39763 Morohashi
3544 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6157 New Nelson (John Haig)
1427 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1534 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-38-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9149 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
line, track
Kun:
すじ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • línea
  • cable
  • frontera
  • raíl
  • carril

Portuguese

  • linha
  • trilha

French

  • ligne
  • voie
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3580 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27641 Morohashi
1392 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1438 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2693.2 Four corner code
1-32-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dda Unicode hex code