Jisho

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国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

産

11 strokes
Radical:
life 生
Parts:
ノ 亠 并 厂 生 立
products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Kun:
う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 産 【サン】 (giving) birth, childbirth, delivery, native (of), product of, produced in, -grown, -bred, assets, property, fortune
  • 産科 【サンカ】 obstetrics
  • 増産 【ゾウサン】 production increase
  • 水産 【スイサン】 aquatic products, fisheries

Kun reading compounds

  • 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
  • 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
  • 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
  • 産霊 【むすひ】 divine spirit of creation

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chan3
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • producto
  • producir
  • propiedad
  • dar a luz
  • nacer

Portuguese

  • produtos
  • dar a luz
  • nascer
  • dar crias
  • nascimento
  • nativo
  • bens

French

  • production
  • porter (fruits)
  • donner naissance
  • produire
  • natal
  • propriété
408 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
518 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
491 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
142 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3354 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
317 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
218 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1520 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
278 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
278 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
574 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1328 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2075 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2812 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1574 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21684P Morohashi
3298 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3716 New Nelson (John Haig)
1560 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1681 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
92 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
567 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
472 2001 Kanji
5b6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-5 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
2-2-9 SKIP code
0021.4 Four corner code
1-27-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7523 Unicode hex code

品

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 品
goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Kun:
しな
On:
ヒン、 ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
225 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 品 【ヒン】 elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity, article, item, counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
  • 品位 【ヒンイ】 dignity, grace, nobility, grade, quality, fineness, carat, karat
  • 小品 【ショウヒン】 short piece (of music, writing), small work (painting, sculpture, etc.), literary sketch, essay, small article, small item
  • 遺品 【イヒン】 things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property
  • 品 【ホン】 court rank, level, grade, chapter, section, volume
  • 品題 【ホンダイ】 chapter title, section title, volume title
  • 九品 【クホン】 nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land, Amitabha's Pure Land, nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 品 【しな】 article, item, thing, goods, stock, quality, flirtatiousness, coquetry
  • 品目 【ひんもく】 item, commodity, list of articles
  • 一品 【いっぴん】 item, article, dish, course, finest item
  • 極め付きの品 【きわめつきのしな】 article of certified genuineness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin3
Korean:
pum

Spanish

  • producto
  • artículo
  • bienes

Portuguese

  • bens
  • refinamento
  • dignidade
  • artigo
  • sufixo para contagem de para pratos de refeição

French

  • marchandise
  • dignité
  • raffinement
  • article
  • compteur de plats
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
405 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
382 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
138 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
146 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
230 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
683 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
328 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3581 Morohashi
2248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 New Nelson (John Haig)
23 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
23 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
6066.0 Four corner code
1-41-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c1 Unicode hex code