Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber
  • 開口 【カイコウ】 opening, aperture (e.g. camera), opening one's mouth, beginning to speak, open, broad
  • 経口 【ケイコウ】 taken by mouth, oral
  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口 【クチ】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 赤口 【シャッコウ】 day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 口 【くち】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 口利き 【くちきき】 mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman, influential person, person of influence, eloquence, eloquent person, way of speaking
  • 切り口 【きりくち】 cut end, section, opening, slit, point of view, (different) perspective, new approach
  • 大口 【おおぐち】 big mouth, mouth opened wide, boastful speech, tall talk, bragging, boasting, large amount, large quantity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • boca
  • orificio
  • apertura

Portuguese

  • boca

French

  • bouche
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
20 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
54 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3227 Morohashi
3382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 New Nelson (John Haig)
11 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
16 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-3-0 SKIP code
6000.0 Four corner code
1-24-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e3 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Kun:
や.つやっ.つよう
On:
ハチハツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 八 【ハチ】 eight, 8
  • 8月 【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
  • 十八 【ジュウハチ】 eighteen, 18
  • 尺八 【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
  • 鳶尾 【イチハツ】 wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis

Kun reading compounds

  • 八 【はち】 eight, 8
  • 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 八つ当たり 【やつあたり】 venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 8日 【ようか】 8th day of the month, eight days

Readings

Japanese names:
な、 は、 はっ、 やち、 やつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba1, ba2
Korean:
pal

Spanish

  • ocho
  • 8

Portuguese

  • Oito

French

  • huit
  • radical huit (no. 12)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
66 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
41 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
577 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
19 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
10 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3644 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1859 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1450 Morohashi
3 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
369 New Nelson (John Haig)
8 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
8 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
116 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
4 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2062 2001 Kanji
2o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-1 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-40-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516b Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Kun:
ひのと
On:
チョウテイチントウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
  • 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
  • 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
  • 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
  • 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
  • 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
  • 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding1, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • hoja

Portuguese

  • rua
  • departamento
  • cidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para armas
  • ferramentas
  • folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
  • número par
  • 4º sign

French

  • pâté de maison
  • tranche d'aliment
  • exactitude
  • soin extrême
  • quatrième
  • signe du 4è tronc céleste
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
367 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
794 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
166 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1024 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
550 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
92 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2 Morohashi
3348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 New Nelson (John Haig)
91 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
95 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
1020.0 Four corner code
1-35-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e01 Unicode hex code