Jisho

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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

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long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date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

関

14 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
一 二 人 ハ 并 大 門
Variants:
關
connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
Kun:
せき、 -ぜき、 かか.わる、 からくり、 かんぬき
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
  • 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance

Kun reading compounds

  • 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
  • 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
  • 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
  • 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)
  • 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
  • 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan1
Korean:
gwan, wan

Spanish

  • barrera
  • puerta
  • relación
  • mecanismo
  • valla

Portuguese

  • conexão
  • obstáculo
  • passagem
  • emvolver
  • concernente

French

  • relation
  • barrière
  • lien
  • rapport
  • concerner
365 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
467 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
444 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
104 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4958 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
289 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
982 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2245 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
402 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
446 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1844 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4129 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2099 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2036 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41297 Morohashi
3328 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6402 New Nelson (John Haig)
2017 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2173 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
84 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
614 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3863 2001 Kanji
8e6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-6 SKIP code
7743.0 Four corner code
1-20-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
95a2 Unicode hex code

裕

12 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
个 ハ 口 初 谷
abundant, rich, fertile
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1048 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 裕福 【ユウフク】 wealthy, rich, affluent, well-off
  • 優に 【ユウニ】 easily (reach, exceed, etc.), comfortably, amply, fully, well over

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 のり、 ひろ、 ひろし、 やす、 ゆ、 ゆたか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • abundante
  • rico
  • fértil

Portuguese

  • fértil
  • rico
  • abundante

French

  • abondant
  • riche
  • fertile
  • opulent
  • aisé
1868 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1351 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4241 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1592 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1729 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1391 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1480 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1125 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1633 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1530 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
801 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34305 Morohashi
1195 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5461 New Nelson (John Haig)
793 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
856 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
677 2001 Kanji
5e7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
3826.8 Four corner code
1-45-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88d5 Unicode hex code

而

6 strokes
Radical:
beard 而
Parts:
而
and yet, and then, but, however, nevertheless
Kun:
しこ.うして、 しか.して、 しか.も、 しか.れども、 すなわち、 なんじ、 しかるに
On:
ジ、 ニ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 自今 【ジコン】 from now on, hereafter
  • 而今而後 【ジコンジゴ】 in the future, from now on, henceforth, hereafter

Kun reading compounds

  • 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
  • 然も 【しかも】 moreover, furthermore, nevertheless, and yet
  • 然るに 【しかるに】 however, nevertheless, but, and yet, whereas, while, on the other hand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er2
Korean:
i

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3689 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
264 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2520 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28871 Morohashi
2027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4704 New Nelson (John Haig)
3006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2r4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
3-4-2 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-28-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
800c Unicode hex code