Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
old
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 古参 【コサン】 seniority, long service
  • 古今 【ココン】 ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
  • 蒙古 【モウコ】 Mongolia (region), Greater Mongolia, Mongolian Plateau, Mongols (nomadic tribe)
  • 懐古 【カイコ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days

Kun reading compounds

  • 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
  • 古家 【ふるいえ】 old house, deserted house

Readings

Japanese names:
ふゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • viejo
  • antiguo
  • desgastar

Portuguese

  • velho

French

  • vieux
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
121 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
109 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
373 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
770 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
93 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
154 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
172 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
86 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
278 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2495 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1262 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3233 Morohashi
2002 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
702 New Nelson (John Haig)
16 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
16 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
320 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
107 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1577 2001 Kanji
2k3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4060.0 Four corner code
1-24-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e4 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
congratulations, joy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1056 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賀 【ガ】 congratulation, celebration
  • 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!
  • 年賀 【ネンガ】 New Year's greetings, New Year's call, New Year's gift
  • 祝賀 【シュクガ】 celebration, congratulations

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 のり、 よし、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • felicitaciones
  • enhorabuena
  • alegría

Portuguese

  • congratulações
  • prazer

French

  • félicitations
  • joie
565 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
660 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
630 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
778 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4501 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
615 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1780 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1756 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
756 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
769 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1019 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1728 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3212 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2253 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36725 Morohashi
2599 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5790 New Nelson (John Haig)
868 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
933 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
751 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1661 2001 Kanji
7b5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
4680.6 Four corner code
1-18-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cc0 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
pure
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1629 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
  • 淳久堂 【ジュンクドウ】 Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 きよ、 きよし、 まこと、 すなお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • grueso
  • espeso
  • puro

Portuguese

French

2590 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1947 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
626 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
378 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17690 Morohashi
514 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3189 New Nelson (John Haig)
2318 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2410 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 2001 Kanji
3a7.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
3014.7 Four corner code
1-29-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df3 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
to be (classical)
Kun:
なりまた
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • や行 【ヤギョウ】 the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)

Kun reading compounds

  • 也 【なり】 to be, to be (location), sum of money
  • 弱き者よ汝の名は女なり 【よわきものよなんじのなはおんななり】 frailty, thy name is woman
  • 知らぬは亭主ばかりなり 【しらぬはていしゅばかりなり】 the husband is always the last to know, everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • ser

Portuguese

French

1553 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
75 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1986 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2005 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4214 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2130 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
171 Morohashi
3406 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
58 New Nelson (John Haig)
2094 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2236 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a3.29 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
4471.2 Four corner code
1-44-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e5f Unicode hex code