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咽

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 囗 大
Variants:
胭
throat, choked, smothered, stuffy
Kun:
むせ.ぶ、 むせ.る、 のど、 の.む
On:
イン、 エン、 エツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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  • 咽喉 【インコウ】 throat, vital passage, key position
  • 咽喉頭異常感症 【インコウトウイジョウカンショウ】 globus pharyngis, lump in one's throat, pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
  • 嚥下 【エンゲ】 swallowing, deglutition
  • 哀咽 【アイエツ】 being choked with tears
  • 嗚咽 【オエツ】 sobbing, weeping, fit of crying

Kun reading compounds

  • 咽ぶ 【むせぶ】 to be choked, to be stifled, to be smothered
  • 噎せる 【むせる】 to choke, to be choked by, to be stifled by
  • 喉 【のど】 throat, singing voice, gutter (inner margins of a book)
  • 喉から手が出る 【のどからてがでる】 (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it, a hand reaches out from one's throat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan1, yan4, ye4
Korean:
in, yeol

Spanish

  • garganta
  • sofoco
  • atragantamiento
  • asfixia

Portuguese

French

920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1872 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
309 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3577 Morohashi
788 New Nelson (John Haig)
2159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
628 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6600.0 Four corner code
1-16-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54bd Unicode hex code

喉

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
化 口 矢 乞
throat, voice
Kun:
のど
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2390 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 喉 【コン】 fish, counter for fish
  • 喉頭 【コウトウ】 larynx
  • 咽喉 【インコウ】 throat, vital passage, key position
  • 耳鼻咽喉 【ジビインコウ】 ear, nose, and throat

Kun reading compounds

  • 喉 【のど】 throat, singing voice, gutter (inner margins of a book)
  • 喉赤蜂鳥 【のどあかはちどり】 ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou2
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • garganta

Portuguese

French

960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2108 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3913 Morohashi
854 New Nelson (John Haig)
2164 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1768 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
6703.4 Four corner code
1-25-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5589 Unicode hex code

頭

16 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 并 口 目 豆 貝 頁
head, counter for large animals
Kun:
あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
On:
トウ、 ズ、 ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
  • 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
  • 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
  • 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
  • 頭 【ズ】 head
  • 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
  • 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
  • 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
  • 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
  • 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
  • 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat

Kun reading compounds

  • 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
  • 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
  • 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
  • ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
  • 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
  • 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
  • お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
  • 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
  • 頭 【かぶり】 head
  • 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)

Readings

Japanese names:
かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou2, tou5
Korean:
du

Spanish

  • cabeza
  • principio
  • delantera

Portuguese

  • cabeça
  • sufixo para contagem de animais grandes

French

  • tête
  • compteur de gros animaux
294 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
186 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
386 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
519 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
275 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2504 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
276 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
166 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1889 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2019 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1453 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43490 Morohashi
1604 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6639 New Nelson (John Haig)
1441 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
234 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
238 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
9a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
1118.6 Four corner code
1-38-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
982d Unicode hex code

異

11 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
一 ハ 井 田
uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
Kun:
こと、 こと.なる、 け
On:
イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 異 【イ】 difference (of opinion), strange, odd, unusual, different
  • 異議 【イギ】 objection, dissent, protest
  • 天変地異 【テンペンチイ】 natural disaster, cataclysm
  • 小異 【ショウイ】 minor difference

Kun reading compounds

  • 異 【こと】 difference (from one another), different thing, other, unusual, extraordinary
  • 異なる 【ことなる】 to differ, to be different, to disagree, to vary, to diverge
  • 異なる 【ことなる】 to differ, to be different, to disagree, to vary, to diverge
  • 異 【こと】 difference (from one another), different thing, other, unusual, extraordinary
  • 異な 【けな】 exceptional, praiseworthy, laudable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • raro
  • extraño
  • inusual
  • diferente

Portuguese

  • incomum
  • esquisito
  • estranho
  • raro
  • curioso
  • maravilhoso

French

  • inhabituel
  • bizarrerie
  • étrangeté
  • surprenant
  • curieux
  • extraordinaire
738 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
826 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
807 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
707 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3008 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
581 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
746 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1497 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1061 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1106 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1342 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3195 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1651 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2241 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1814 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21854 Morohashi
2584 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3757 New Nelson (John Haig)
1797 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1936 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
918 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3661 2001 Kanji
5f6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-9-2 SKIP code
6080.1 Four corner code
1-16-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7570 Unicode hex code

常

11 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
冖 口 尚 巾
usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually, always, long-lasting
Kun:
つね、 とこ-
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 常識 【ジョウシキ】 common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
  • 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
  • 平常 【ヘイジョウ】 normal, usual, ordinary, everyday
  • 経常 【ケイジョウ】 ordinary

Kun reading compounds

  • 常 【つね】 usual state of things
  • 常に 【つねに】 always, constantly
  • 経常 【けいじょう】 ordinary
  • 人の常 【ひとのつね】 human nature

Readings

Japanese names:
とき、 のぶ、 ひ、 ひた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • habitual
  • usual
  • ordinario
  • normal
  • siempre
  • interminable

Portuguese

  • regular
  • normal
  • comum
  • usual

French

  • habituel
  • ordinaire
  • normal
642 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
740 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
718 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
356 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
199 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
499 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
506 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3203 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1657 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2247 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8955 Morohashi
2590 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1569 New Nelson (John Haig)
799 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
862 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
737 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1044 2001 Kanji
3n8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e38 Unicode hex code

感

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
ノ 口 心 戈
emotion, feeling, sensation
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
233 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 感 【カン】 feeling, sensation, emotion, admiration, impression, interjection
  • 感覚 【カンカク】 sense, sensation, feeling, intuition
  • 期待感 【キタイカン】 sense of anticipation, feeling of expectation, feeling of hope
  • 体感 【タイカン】 bodily sensation, sense, experience

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan3
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • sentimiento
  • sensación
  • sentir

Portuguese

  • emoção
  • sentimento
  • sensação

French

  • sentiment
  • émotion
  • sensation
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
264 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
246 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
283 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1731 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
333 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
546 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
262 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
262 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
431 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
792 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3514 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
623 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10953 Morohashi
2835 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 New Nelson (John Haig)
615 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
662 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
105 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
417 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
4k9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
5333.0 Four corner code
1-20-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611f Unicode hex code

症

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
一 止 疔
symptoms, illness
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
  • 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
  • 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • síntoma
  • señal
  • enfermedad

Portuguese

  • sintomas
  • doença

French

  • symptôme
  • maladie
1397 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
955 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1563 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1400 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4065 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1701 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22140 Morohashi
3280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3795 New Nelson (John Haig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1816 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
573 2001 Kanji
5i5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0011.1 Four corner code
1-30-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c7 Unicode hex code