Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
general, whole, all, full, total
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
129 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 総 【ソウ】 whole, total, gross, entire, overall, general (election, manager, etc.)
  • 総当たり 【ソウアタリ】 round robin, having no losing tickets (of a lottery), brute force (in cryptography), using all combinations
  • 海総 【カイソウ】 imperial navy order
  • 全総 【ゼンソウ】 Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)

Kun reading compounds

  • 全て 【すべて】 everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all
  • すべての道はローマに通ず 【すべてのみちはローマにつうず】 all roads lead to Rome
  • 全て 【すべて】 everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all
  • すべての道はローマに通ず 【すべてのみちはローマにつうず】 all roads lead to Rome
  • 房 【ふさ】 tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section
  • 総国 【ふさのくに】 Fusa (former province located in present-day Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures)

Readings

Japanese names:
うさ、 ずさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zong3
Korean:
chong

Spanish

  • general
  • total
  • completo

Portuguese

  • geral
  • inteiro
  • todo
  • cheio
  • total

French

  • général
  • entier
  • tout
  • complet
  • total
661 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
760 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
738 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
154 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3567 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
741 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
823 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2662 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
697 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
710 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
735 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1743 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1378 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27620 Morohashi
1379 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1366 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1466 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
307 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
795 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2758 2001 Kanji
6a8.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2893.3 Four corner code
1-33-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dcf Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
polish, study of, sharpen
Kun:
と.ぐ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 研究員 【ケンキュウイン】 researcher, lab worker
  • 研究 【ケンキュウ】 study, research, investigation
  • 予研 【ヨケン】 National Institute of Health
  • 技研 【ギケン】 technical research institute

Kun reading compounds

  • 研ぐ 【とぐ】 to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind, to wash (rice), to scour, to polish, to burnish

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2, yan4
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • estudio
  • afilar
  • pulir

Portuguese

  • polir
  • estudar
  • afiar

French

  • polir
  • étudier
  • aiguiser
204 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
290 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
272 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
426 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3180 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
583 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
231 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
875 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
896 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
918 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1398 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
682 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24080 Morohashi
1132 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3991 New Nelson (John Haig)
675 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
284 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
325 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3355 2001 Kanji
5a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1164.0 Four corner code
1-24-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7814 Unicode hex code