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土

3 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土
soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Kun:
つち
On:
ド、 ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 土 【ド】 Saturday, earth, dirt, soil, land, lands, ground, earth (third of the five elements)
  • 土地 【トチ】 plot of land, lot, soil, locality, region, place
  • 浄土 【ジョウド】 pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha), (Buddhist) paradise, Pure Land Buddhism
  • 郷土 【キョウド】 native place, birth-place, one's old home, province, region, locality
  • 【ト】 Turkey
  • 時計 【トケイ】 clock, watch, timepiece
  • 下土 【カド】 lower world, this world, the earth
  • 日ト 【ニット】 Japan and Turkey, Japanese-Turkish

Kun reading compounds

  • 土 【つち】 earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud, the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land, low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud), (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
  • 土方 【どかた】 construction worker, laborer (labourer), navvy
  • 盛り土 【もりど】 embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
  • 赤土 【あかつち】 red clay, red earth, laterite, dark-red paint

Readings

Japanese names:
つく、 は、 ひじ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu3
Korean:
to, du

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • Turquía

Portuguese

  • solo
  • terra
  • chão
  • Turquia

French

  • sol
  • terre
  • terrain
  • Turquie
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
19 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
60 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
316 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1050 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
19 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
42 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
24 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
347 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4211 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
152 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4867 Morohashi
3403 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
966 New Nelson (John Haig)
150 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
161 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
360 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
22 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-37-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
571f Unicode hex code

曜

18 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
ヨ 日 隹
weekday
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
940 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 曜日 【ヨウビ】 day of the week
  • 曜霊 【ヨウレイ】 the sun
  • 晃曜 【コウヨウ】 dazzling brightness
  • 宿曜 【スクヨウ】 form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing

Readings

Japanese names:
てる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4, yue4
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • día de la semana
  • brillar
  • resplandecer

Portuguese

  • dia útil

French

  • jour de la semaine
329 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
236 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
216 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
514 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2162 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
14 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
192 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2720 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
19 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
995 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1402 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1014 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
583 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14227P Morohashi
1096 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2522 New Nelson (John Haig)
576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
618 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3875 2001 Kanji
4c14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-14 SKIP code
6701.4 Four corner code
1-45-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66dc Unicode hex code

日

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
ひ、 -び、 -か
On:
ニチ、 ジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code

週

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
冂 込 口 土
week
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
540 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 週 【シュウ】 week
  • 週明け 【シュウアケ】 beginning of next week (usu. Monday), early next week
  • 前週 【ゼンシュウ】 last week, the week before
  • 隔週 【カクシュウ】 every other week, every two weeks

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • semana

Portuguese

  • semana

French

  • semaine
242 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
157 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
308 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
438 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4707 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
188 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
92 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
92 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
92 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
163 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
701 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3874 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1992 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
324 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38937P Morohashi
3122 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6070 New Nelson (John Haig)
318 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
340 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
206 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3649 2001 Kanji
2q8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-29-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9031 Unicode hex code

刊

5 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
刈 干
publish, carve, engrave
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
855 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 刊 【カン】 publication, edition (e.g. morning, evening, special), published in (year), publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
  • 刊行 【カンコウ】 publication, issue
  • 週刊 【シュウカン】 weekly publication
  • 休刊 【キュウカン】 suspension of publication

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • publicar
  • editar

Portuguese

  • publicar
  • gravar
  • cunhar

French

  • publier
  • ciseler
  • graver
750 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
666 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
636 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
619 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1493 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
604 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
351 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
585 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
594 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1138 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
184 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
221 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1665 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1865 Morohashi
190 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1650 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1779 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
648 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3143 2001 Kanji
2f3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1240.0 Four corner code
1-20-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
520a Unicode hex code

紙

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 氏 糸
Variants:
帋
paper
Kun:
かみ
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 紙 【シ】 newspaper, paper, counter for newspapers
  • 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
  • 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
  • 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture

Kun reading compounds

  • 紙 【かみ】 paper
  • 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
  • インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
  • 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi3
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • papel
  • periódico

Portuguese

  • Papel

French

  • papier
85 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
148 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
132 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
501 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3510 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
362 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
236 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1953 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
180 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
180 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
243 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1517 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1654 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
879 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1197 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1846 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27293 Morohashi
1302 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4455 New Nelson (John Haig)
1829 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1971 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
456 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
194 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2294.0 Four corner code
1-27-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d19 Unicode hex code