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喜

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
并 口 士 豆
rejoice, take pleasure in
Kun:
よろこ.ぶ、 よろこ.ばす
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
769 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 喜劇 【キゲキ】 comedy
  • 喜寿 【キジュ】 77th birthday
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 悲喜 【ヒキ】 joys and sorrows

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 きゅ、 のぶ、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • alegría
  • júbilo
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • Alegrar-se
  • ter prazer em

French

  • se réjouir
  • prendre plaisir à
370 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
564 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2889 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1457 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3957 Morohashi
2308 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 New Nelson (John Haig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-20-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559c Unicode hex code

多

6 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset 夕
Parts:
夕
Variants:
夛
many, frequent, much
Kun:
おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
On:
タ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 多 【タ】 multi-
  • 多角 【タカク】 many-sided, versatile, polygonal, diversified
  • 過多 【カタ】 excess, surplus, superabundance
  • 最多 【サイタ】 most (numerous), largest (number of)

Kun reading compounds

  • 多い 【おおい】 many, numerous, a lot, large amount of, large quantity of, a lot, much, frequent, common
  • 大いに 【おおいに】 very, very much, greatly, considerably, highly, exceedingly, a great deal, a lot, to one's heart's content

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo1
Korean:
da

Spanish

  • abundante
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • muitos
  • frequentar
  • muito

French

  • beaucoup
  • nombreux
  • fréquent
108 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
180 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
163 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
161 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
181 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
229 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
104 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
405 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
110 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5756 Morohashi
2170 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1127 New Nelson (John Haig)
108 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
113 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
128 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
129 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2560 2001 Kanji
0a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2720.7 Four corner code
1-34-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
591a 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

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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

拓

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
口 扎 石
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
  • 拓銀 【タクギン】 Takushoku Bank
  • 干拓 【カンタク】 land reclamation (from sea)
  • 未開拓 【ミカイタク】 undeveloped (area), unexplored (field of study), wild (areas), untapped area

Kun reading compounds

  • 拓く 【ひらく】 to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo4, ta4
Korean:
cheog, tag

Spanish

  • aclarar
  • despejar la tierra
  • calcar

Portuguese

  • limpar (a terra)
  • abrir
  • abrir (terra)

French

  • défricher
  • conquête (terrain)
1554 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1415 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1873 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11958 Morohashi
317 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 New Nelson (John Haig)
651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
3c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5106.0 Four corner code
1-34-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d3 Unicode hex code

郎

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 艮
Variants:
郒
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code