Jisho

×

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
blossom, bloom
Kun:
さ.く-ざき
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巧笑 【コウショウ】 courteous laughter, forced laughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 咲く 【さく】 to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • florecer

Portuguese

  • flor
  • florescimento

French

  • fleurir
  • floraison
1303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
927 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3554X Morohashi
349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 New Nelson (John Haig)
2018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
wrap, embrace
Parts:
fragrant, stink, glow, insinuate, (kokuji)
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2213 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 匂う 【におう】 to be fragrant, to smell (good), to stink, to smell (bad), to glow, to be bright, to smack of, to show hints of
  • 匂い 【におい】 odour, odor, scent, smell, stench, aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor
  • 匂い油 【においあぶら】 perfumed hair oil
  • 匂わせる 【におわせる】 to give off (a smell, scent, aroma), to smell of, to perfume (a room, etc.), to hint at, to suggest, to insinuate

Readings

Japanese names:
おり、 こう、 さぎ
Korean:
nae

Spanish

  • oler
  • fragante
  • oloroso
  • brillante

Portuguese

French

  • parfum
  • puanteur
  • éclat
  • suggérer
  • insinuer
  • (kokuji)
742 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1895 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
73 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1730 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3662 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
464 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2503 Morohashi
2944 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
567 New Nelson (John Haig)
2147 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
478 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2552 2001 Kanji
0a4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
2772.0 Four corner code
1-38-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5302 Unicode hex code