Jisho

×

古

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
十 口
old
Kun:
ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
On:
コ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
509 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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

里

7 strokes
Radical:
village, mile 里
Parts:
里
ri, village, parent's home, league
Kun:
さと
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
1096 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 里 【リ】 Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles, neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes), unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
  • 俚諺 【リゲン】 proverb, saying
  • 万里 【バンリ】 thousands of miles
  • 海里 【カイリ】 nautical mile

Kun reading compounds

  • 里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
  • 里親 【さとおや】 foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker
  • お里 【おさと】 one's parents' home, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
  • 夏山冬里 【なつやまふゆさと】 pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing

Readings

Japanese names:
さ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • ri (unidad de medida)
  • aldea
  • pueblo
  • lugar natal

Portuguese

  • aldeia
  • casa paterna
  • légua

French

  • hameau
  • village natal
  • maison de ses parents
  • ri (3965 mètres)
332 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
238 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
219 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1077 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4813 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
101 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1842 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
517 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
142 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
142 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1025 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1801 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4356 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
175 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40131 Morohashi
3542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6206 New Nelson (John Haig)
173 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
185 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
154 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
0a7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-1 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-46-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91cc Unicode hex code

尚

8 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant 小
Parts:
冂 口 尚
esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Kun:
なお
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1531 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尚絅学院大学 【ショウケイガクインダイガク】 Shokei Gakuin University
  • 尚絅大学 【ショウケイダイガク】 Shokei University
  • 好尚 【コウショウ】 taste, fancy, fashion
  • 早尚 【ソウショウ】 prematurity

Kun reading compounds

  • 尚 【なお】 still, yet, more, still more, greater, further, as ..., like ..., furthermore, in addition, moreover, note that ...
  • 尚更 【なおさら】 still more, even more, all the more, still less, even less
  • 尚々 【なおなお】 all the more
  • 今なお 【いまなお】 still, even now

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 ないし、 なり、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • respetar
  • estimar
  • desear
  • además
  • todavía
  • aún más

Portuguese

  • estima
  • além disso
  • ainda

French

  • de plus
  • en outre
  • encore
  • respecter
  • vénérer
1392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1361 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1948 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1853 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2009 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1810 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
514 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
187 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7493P Morohashi
2233 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 New Nelson (John Haig)
184 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1165 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1049 2001 Kanji
3n5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c1a Unicode hex code

丈

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 丶 ノ
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merely
Kun:
たけ、 だけ
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丈 【ジョウ】 3.03 meters (ten shaku), length, measure, Mr., Mrs.
  • 丈夫 【ジョウブ】 healthy, robust, strong, solid, durable
  • 気丈 【キジョウ】 stout-hearted, firm, courageous, brave, tough
  • 方丈 【ホウジョウ】 square jō (approx. 10 sq feet), abbot's chamber, chief priest

Kun reading compounds

  • 丈 【たけ】 height, stature, length (esp. of clothing), all (one has), everything, magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
  • 丈比べ 【たけくらべ】 comparison of statures
  • 草丈 【くさたけ】 rice plant's height
  • 着丈 【きたけ】 dress length
  • 丈 【だけ】 only, just, merely, simply, no more than, nothing but, alone, as much as, to the extent of, enough to
  • 丈に 【だけに】 as one would expect from ..., given that ... (naturally ...), because ..., being ..., precisely because ..., all the more because of ..., on account of ..., ... being what it is, only to, only for, only in
  • 一度だけ 【いちどだけ】 only once
  • 七分丈 【しちぶたけ】 three-quarter length (usu. clothing)

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 ますら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • unidad de longitud (10 pies)
  • altura
  • sólido
  • fuerte
  • longitud

Portuguese

  • comprimento
  • 10 pés
  • medida
  • Sra.
  • Dona.
  • altura
  • estatura
  • todo
  • únicamente
  • isto é tudo
  • meramente

French

  • longueur
  • 10 pieds (jo)
  • mesure
  • M
  • Mme
  • taille
  • stature
  • tout (ce qu'on a)
  • seulement
  • c'est tout
1415 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1317 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
151 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
962 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1025 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
36 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1325 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1408 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1272 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
7 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2885 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11 Morohashi
3419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5 New Nelson (John Haig)
691 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
746 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1010 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1466 2001 Kanji
0a3.26 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
5000.0 Four corner code
1-30-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e08 Unicode hex code