Jisho

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唐

10 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 ｜ 口 广 ヨ
T'ang, China, foreign
Kun:
から
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1727 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 唐 【トウ】 Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907), T'ang dynasty, China, foreign country
  • 唐土 【モロコシ】 China, Chinese
  • 頽唐 【タイトウ】 decadence, decline
  • 後唐 【コウトウ】 Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937), Later T'ang dynasty

Kun reading compounds

  • 唐 【から】 China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands

Readings

Japanese names:
かろ、 たん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang

Spanish

  • Tang (antigua dinastía china)
  • China

Portuguese

  • T'ang
  • China

French

  • T'ang
  • Chine
1645 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1668 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1856 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1135 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1246 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1697 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1813 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1727 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
292 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3867 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2685 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1165 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3709P Morohashi
3115 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
812 New Nelson (John Haig)
1157 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1241 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
3q7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
0026.7 Four corner code
1-37-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5510 Unicode hex code

川

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

侑

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ノ 化 月
urge to eat
Kun:
すす.める、 たす.ける
On:
ユウ、 ウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 侑觴 【ユウショウ】 urging one to drink more good wine during a banquet
  • 侑食 【ユウショク】 assisting at dinner, dining with a superior

Readings

Japanese names:
あつむ、 すすむ、 ゆき、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • animar a comer
  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

411 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
557 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2018 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
69 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
73 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
594 Morohashi
91 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
177 New Nelson (John Haig)
3002 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2422.7 Four corner code
1-48-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f91 Unicode hex code

己

3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
已
self
Kun:
おのれ、 つちのと、 な
On:
コ、 キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1098 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 非自己 【ヒジコ】 nonself, not self
  • 一己 【イッコ】 personal, private, oneself
  • 己 【キ】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 己亥 【ツチノトイ】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
  • 親戚知己 【シンセキチキ】 relatives and acquaintances
  • 克己 【コッキ】 self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-denial

Kun reading compounds

  • 己 【おのれ】 oneself (itself, etc.), I, me, you, by oneself (itself, etc.), interjection expressing anger or chagrin
  • 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむ 【おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ】 if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
  • 己 【き】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 己亥 【つちのとい】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
  • 己 【な】 I, you
  • 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji3
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • yo
  • uno mismo

Portuguese

  • Próprio
  • cobra
  • serpente

French

  • soi
  • serpent
  • signe du 6è tronc céleste
777 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
866 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
855 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1320 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1462 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
676 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1248 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
32 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
370 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
371 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
554 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4188 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2117 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
531 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8742 Morohashi
3380 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1540 New Nelson (John Haig)
525 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
564 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
827 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3556 2001 Kanji
0a3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1771.7 Four corner code
1-24-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df1 Unicode hex code