Jisho

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呉

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
ハ 口
Variants:
吴
give, do something for, kingdom of Wu
Kun:
く.れる、 くれ
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 呉 【ゴ】 Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu, Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE), Eastern Wu, Sun Wu, Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
  • 豆汁 【ゴ】 go, soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk)
  • 藍子 【アイゴ】 mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot

Kun reading compounds

  • 呉れる 【くれる】 to give, to let (one) have, to give, to do for one, to take the trouble to do, to do to someone's disadvantage
  • 呉れる 【くれる】 to give, to let (one) have, to give, to do for one, to take the trouble to do, to do to someone's disadvantage
  • 呉れ呉れも 【くれぐれも】 sincerely, earnestly, wholeheartedly, repeatedly, over and over, again and again
  • 何くれ 【なにくれ】 in various ways

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu2
Korean:
o, u

Spanish

  • dar
  • recibir
  • antigua provincia de China

Portuguese

  • dê
  • fazer alguma coisa para

French

  • tu me donnes
  • faire pour moi
1237 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1422 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
583 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1002 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1130 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
735 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1436 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1526 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1929 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
322 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3156 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1915 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3365P Morohashi
2549 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
741 New Nelson (John Haig)
1897 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2046 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1105 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2o5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2680.1 Four corner code
1-24-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5449 Unicode hex code

工

3 strokes
Radical:
work 工
Parts:
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
On:
コウ、 ク、 グ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
  • 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
  • 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
  • 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
  • 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
  • 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
  • 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
  • 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition

Readings

Japanese names:
もく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • construcción
  • fabricación
  • obrero

Portuguese

  • ofício
  • construção

French

  • ingénierie
  • industrie
  • construction
  • radical katakana E (no. 48)
71 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
125 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
113 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1451 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
77 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
379 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
550 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
76 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8714 Morohashi
3381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 New Nelson (John Haig)
76 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
80 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
173 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
84 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
0a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-25-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de5 Unicode hex code

房

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 尸 戸 方
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room
Kun:
ふさ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
808 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 房 【ボウ】 chamber, room, cell (prison), atrium, home of a monk, monk, Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 坊主 【ボウズ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, close-cropped hair, crew cut, person with a shorn head, boy, sonny, lad, not catching anything, the August 20-point card
  • 書房 【ショボウ】 study, library, bookstore, bookshop, publishing company
  • 工房 【コウボウ】 workshop, studio, atelier

Kun reading compounds

  • 房 【ふさ】 tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section
  • 房尾巻猿 【ふさおまきざる】 brown capuchin, tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
  • 一房 【ひとふさ】 one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), one cluster (e.g. of flowers), one segment (of a tangerine, etc.), one section

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 のぶ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • racimo
  • manojo
  • casita

Portuguese

  • moita
  • franja
  • punhado
  • mecha (cabelo)
  • gomos (laranja)
  • casa
  • quarto

French

  • pompon
  • touffe
  • frange
  • grappe
  • boucle (cheveu)
  • quartier (orange)
  • épouse
  • chauffage / climatisation
  • maison
  • chambre
1809 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
772 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1819 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1332 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
658 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1237 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1082 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
844 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1087 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11714X Morohashi
1946 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053 New Nelson (John Haig)
1078 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1174 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3045 2001 Kanji
4m4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-7 SKIP code
3-4-4 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-43-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
623f Unicode hex code