Jisho

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吾

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 五
I, my, our, one's own
Kun:
われ、 わが-、 あ-
On:
ゴ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1828 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吾兄 【アセ】 you (referring to a male)
  • 吾人 【ゴジン】 we
  • 故吾 【コゴ】 one's former self
  • 金吾 【キンゴ】 kingo (game similar to blackjack)

Kun reading compounds

  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我々 【われわれ】 we

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu2
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • yo
  • mi
  • nuestro

Portuguese

French

  • moi
  • mon
  • notre
  • son propre
1393 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
37 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1933 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2035 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3379 Morohashi
2407 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733 New Nelson (John Haig)
17 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
17 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3177 2001 Kanji
3d4.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
1060.1 Four corner code
1-24-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
543e Unicode hex code

妻

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
一 ｜ 女 ヨ
wife, spouse
Kun:
つま
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 妻 【サイ】 one's wife
  • 妻子 【サイシ】 wife and children, wife
  • 先妻 【センサイ】 former wife, late wife
  • 後妻 【ゴサイ】 second wife

Kun reading compounds

  • 妻 【つま】 wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)
  • 妻 【つま】 my dear, dear, honey
  • 駐妻 【ちゅうつま】 expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee
  • 我が妻 【わがつま】 my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband

Readings

Japanese names:
ずま、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qi4
Korean:
cheo

Spanish

  • esposa
  • mujer
  • esposa propia

Portuguese

  • esposa
  • cônjuge

French

  • épouse
  • femme
790 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
708 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
681 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
767 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
861 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
959 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
671 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
596 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1907 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6140 Morohashi
2558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1200 New Nelson (John Haig)
1889 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
683 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1469 2001 Kanji
3e5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
5040.4 Four corner code
1-26-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59bb Unicode hex code

山

3 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サン、 セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

薊

16 strokes (also 17)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
刈 艾 杰 田 魚
Variants:
葪
thistle
Kun:
あざみ、 さく、 とげ
On:
ケイ、 キ、 カイ、 ケ

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Kun reading compounds

  • 薊 【あざみ】 thistle (Cirsium spp.)
  • 薊馬 【あざみうま】 thrips (any insect of order Thysanoptera), thrip
  • マリア薊 【マリアあざみ】 milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
  • 鳥海薊 【ちょうかいあざみ】 Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4061 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2562A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32095X Morohashi
5213 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
2-4-13 SKIP code
4432.0 Four corner code
1-73-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
858a Unicode hex code