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四

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
儿 囗
Variants:
亖
four
Kun:
よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
47 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 四 【シ】 four, 4
  • ４月 【シガツ】 April, fourth month in the lunar calendar
  • 十四 【ジュウシ】 fourteen, 14
  • 炭素１４ 【タンソジュウシ】 carbon-14

Kun reading compounds

  • 四 【し】 four, 4
  • 四畳半 【よじょうはん】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
  • 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
  • 四つ角 【よつかど】 four corners, crossroads, intersecting street, street corner
  • 四つ 【よっつ】 four, 4, four years of age, ten o'clock (in the old time system), burakumin, cross grips
  • 四つの自由 【よっつのじゆう】 the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
  • 四 【し】 four, 4
  • ４０ 【よんじゅう】 forty, 40
  • 十四 【じゅうし】 fourteen, 14
  • 軽四 【けいよん】 four-wheeled light vehicle

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 つ、 よつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cuatro
  • 4

Portuguese

  • quatro

French

  • quatre
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
4 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
26 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
18 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1025 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
188 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
6 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
6 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
335 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3778 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4682 Morohashi
3044 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938 New Nelson (John Haig)
4 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
4 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
114 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
37 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
3s2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-27-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56db Unicode hex code

種

14 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
｜ ノ 日 禾 里
species, kind, class, variety, seed
Kun:
たね、 -ぐさ
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
461 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 種 【シュ】 kind, variety, (biological) species, (logical) species
  • 種子 【シュシ】 seed, pit
  • 職種 【ショクシュ】 type of occupation, occupational category
  • 業種 【ギョウシュ】 type of industry

Kun reading compounds

  • 種 【たね】 seed (e.g. of a plant), pip, kernel, stone (e.g. of a peach), progeny, offspring, issue, breed, paternal blood, lineage, sperm, semen, seed, cause, source, seed, origin, material (e.g. for an article), matter (e.g. of a story), subject (of discussion), theme, (news) copy, source (of a story), ingredient, main ingredient (of a piece of sushi), leaven, mechanism (of a magic trick, etc.), secret, trickery, 10-point card, tane, animal card
  • 種馬 【たねうま】 studhorse, stallion, breeding horse
  • 菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
  • 麻種 【あさたね】 hemp seed

Readings

Japanese names:
おい、 くさ、 た、 ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong3, chong2, zhong4
Korean:
jong

Spanish

  • semilla
  • tipo
  • variedad
  • clase
  • noticia

Portuguese

  • espécie
  • tipo
  • classe
  • variedade
  • cepa

French

  • espèce
  • classe
  • sorte
  • variété
  • graine
423 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
531 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
503 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3295 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
232 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
783 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2124 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
228 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
228 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
564 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1442 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1560 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1695 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25174 Morohashi
1218 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4159 New Nelson (John Haig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1810 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
417 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
618 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2272 2001 Kanji
5d9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
2291.4 Four corner code
1-28-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a2e Unicode hex code

曼

11 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
又 日 買
wide, beautiful
Kun:
なが.い
On:
マン、 バン
2395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 曼荼羅 【マンダラ】 mandala
  • 曼珠沙華 【マンジュシャゲ】 red spider lily (Lycoris radiata), cluster amaryllis, cluster belladonna, manjusaka
  • 日耳曼 【ゲルマン】 Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
  • 浪漫 【ロウマン】 romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale, (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit, great undertaking, epic adventure, (full-length) novel, romance, love affair, romanticism

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man4
Korean:
man

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1457 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
14298X Morohashi
2475 New Nelson (John Haig)
2100 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2240 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
6040.7 Four corner code
1-50-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66fc Unicode hex code

荼

10 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 亅 二 个 ハ 小 艾
a weed
Kun:
にがな
On:
タ、 ズ、 ト、 ダ

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On reading compounds

  • 荼枳尼 【ダキニ】 Dakini (fairy-goddess)
  • 荼毘 【ダビ】 cremation
  • 鳩槃荼 【クハンダ】 Kumbhanda, demon with large testicles believed to drain people of their vitality

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu2
Korean:
do

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3951 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31008X Morohashi
5053 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-72-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
837c Unicode hex code

羅

19 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
小 幺 買 糸 隹
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Kun:
うすもの
On:
ラ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 羅 【ラ】 Latin (language)
  • 薄物 【ウスモノ】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
  • 修羅 【シュラ】 Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology, fighting, carnage, conflict, strife, sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.), log slide, chute, flume
  • 甲羅 【コウラ】 shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron, (person's) back, years of experience

Kun reading compounds

  • 薄物 【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2, luo1
Korean:
ra

Spanish

  • compresa
  • gasa de seda
  • bien alineado
  • Roma

Portuguese

  • gaze
  • seda fina
  • Roma

French

  • gaze
  • soie fine
  • Rome
1887 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1656 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1860 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2017 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1672 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3244 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1354 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28397 Morohashi
2622 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4655 New Nelson (John Haig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1919 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-14 SKIP code
6091.4 Four corner code
1-45-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f85 Unicode hex code