Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
rejoice, take pleasure in
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

9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
angry, be offended
Kun:
いか.るおこ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 怒鳴り込む 【ドナリコム】 to storm in with a yell
  • 怒鳴る 【ドナル】 to shout (in anger), to yell
  • 喜怒 【キド】 joy and anger, human emotions
  • 嚇怒 【カクド】 greatly enraged, furious
  • 憤怒 【フンヌ】 anger, rage, resentment, indignation, exasperation

Kun reading compounds

  • 怒る 【いかる】 to get angry, to get mad, to be angular, to be square
  • 怒る 【おこる】 to get angry, to get mad, to lose one's temper, to scold, to tell (someone) off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu4
Korean:
no

Spanish

  • enojo
  • enfado
  • enojarse
  • enfadarse

Portuguese

  • Zangado
  • ofender-se

French

  • colère
  • offenser
1639 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1390 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1664 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1068 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
533 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1222 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1596 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1703 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
778 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3180 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1639 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2228 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
710 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10439 Morohashi
2571 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1820 New Nelson (John Haig)
703 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
759 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1253 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1758 2001 Kanji
4k5.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4733.4 Four corner code
1-37-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6012 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1715 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 哀 【アイ】 pity, sorrow, grief, misery
  • 哀悼 【アイトウ】 condolence, regret, tribute, sorrow, sympathy, lament
  • 哀々 【アイアイ】 deeply sad

Kun reading compounds

  • 哀れ 【あわれ】 pity, sorrow, grief, misery, compassion, pathos, pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, miserable, alack, alas
  • 哀れむ 【あわれむ】 to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to commiserate with, to have mercy on, to enjoy the beauty of, to appreciate, to admire
  • 哀れむ 【あわれむ】 to pity, to feel sympathy for, to sympathize with, to sympathise with, to commiserate with, to have mercy on, to enjoy the beauty of, to appreciate, to admire
  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai1
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • compasión
  • lástima
  • miseria
  • piedad
  • pena
  • compadecerse de

Portuguese

  • patético
  • pesar
  • pena
  • emoção
  • compaixão
  • solidariesar

French

  • pitoyable
  • peine
  • chagrin
  • pitié
  • pathétique
  • compatir
998 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1670 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
304 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1249 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1131 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1675 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1790 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1804 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
327 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2568 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
408 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3580 Morohashi
2068 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
791 New Nelson (John Haig)
401 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
428 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1239 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
2j7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
0073.2 Four corner code
1-16-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c0 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
music, comfort, ease
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 楽 【ガク】 music, old Japanese court music, gagaku
  • 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement
  • 邦楽 【ホウガク】 Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
  • 室内楽 【シツナイガク】 chamber music
  • 楽 【ラク】 comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)
  • 楽園 【ラクエン】 paradise, Eden
  • 千秋楽 【センシュウラク】 final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament
  • 行楽 【コウラク】 outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic
  • 猿楽 【サルガク】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around

Kun reading compounds

  • 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
  • 楽しい思い出 【たのしいおもいで】 happy memory, sweet memory
  • 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 た、 やす、 ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
le4, yue4
Korean:
ag

Spanish

  • música
  • divertido
  • fácil
  • agradable
  • disfrutar
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • música
  • conforto
  • facilidade

French

  • musique
  • agréable
  • confort
331 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
98 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
218 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
232 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2324 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
322 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
200 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2029 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
358 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
359 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1064 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3505 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2460 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1751 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15213 Morohashi
2826 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2790 New Nelson (John Haig)
1735 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1872 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
481 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
225 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
364 2001 Kanji
4a9.29 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
3290.4 Four corner code
1-19-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
697d Unicode hex code