Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
cliff
Parts:
Variants:
thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless
Kun:
あつ.いあか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
768 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 厚生 【コウセイ】 welfare, public welfare, social welfare, (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
  • 厚相 【コウショウ】 Welfare Minister
  • 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
  • 敗色濃厚 【ハイショクノウコウ】 likely loss, probable defeat

Kun reading compounds

  • 厚い 【あつい】 thick, deep, heavy, kind, cordial, hospitable, warm, faithful, serious (of an illness), abundant
  • 厚板 【あついた】 thick board, plank, steel plate (with a thickness of at least 3 mm), heavy brocade cloth, Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (species of fern)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • grueso
  • espeso
  • cordial
  • calma

Portuguese

  • rico
  • pesado
  • espesso
  • espécie
  • de bronze
  • cordial
  • desavergonhado

French

  • épais
  • lourd
  • cordial
  • chaleureux
  • gentil
  • effronté
  • éhonté
606 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
698 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
672 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
774 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
824 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
735 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
387 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
985 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
639 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
649 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
848 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
258 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3726 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2588 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
127 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2949 Morohashi
3003 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
651 New Nelson (John Haig)
125 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
132 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
698 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3347 2001 Kanji
2p6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
7124.7 Four corner code
1-24-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
539a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
beach
Kun:
きし
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
  • 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
  • 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
  • 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore

Kun reading compounds

  • 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
  • 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
  • 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
  • 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana

Readings

Japanese names:
けし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an4
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • playa
  • costa
  • orilla

Portuguese

  • Praia

French

  • côte
  • rive
  • plage
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
267 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
248 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
847 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1413 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
687 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
488 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
941 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
586 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
539 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1668 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8009 Morohashi
2236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1653 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
294 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2224.1 Four corner code
1-20-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cb8 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Kun:
くさくさ--ぐさ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
  • 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
  • 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
  • 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
  • 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
  • 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
  • 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass

Readings

Japanese names:
そ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • hierba
  • planta

Portuguese

  • grama
  • erva daninha
  • ervas
  • pasto
  • escrever
  • esboçar

French

  • herbe
  • mauvaise herbe
  • plantes
  • pâturage
  • écrire
  • ébauche
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
229 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30945P Morohashi
2263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5032 New Nelson (John Haig)
224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4440.6 Four corner code
1-33-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8349 Unicode hex code