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地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

球

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 水 王
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code

温

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 日 皿
Variants:
溫
warm
Kun:
あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める、 ぬく
On:
オン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
838 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 温厚 【オンコウ】 gentle, mild-mannered
  • 穏健 【オンケン】 moderate (view, politics, etc.), temperate, sensible, sober, non-radical
  • 保温 【ホオン】 retaining warmth, keeping heat in, heat insulation
  • 室温 【シツオン】 room temperature

Kun reading compounds

  • 暖か 【あたたか】 warm, mild, genial
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 温かい歓迎 【あたたかいかんげい】 warm reception, cordial welcome, warm greeting
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温める 【あたためる】 to warm (up), to heat (up), to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.), to keep to oneself, to nurse, to mull over, to renew (an old friendship), to take for oneself
  • 温 【ぬく】 idiot, dummy, slow person
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温々 【ぬくぬく】 snugly, cosily, warmly, comfortably, carefree, easily, safely, without hardship, freshly made and still warm, imprudently, shamelessly

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 なお、 はる、 ゆ、 ゆたか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen1
Korean:
on

Spanish

  • templado
  • cálido
  • amable
  • afable
  • calentarse
  • calentar

Portuguese

  • morno

French

  • chaud
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
257 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
237 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
623 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2634 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
382 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1585 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
634 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
644 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
839 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1217 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
554 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1464 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17774 Morohashi
608 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3246 New Nelson (John Haig)
1452 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1560 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
390 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374 2001 Kanji
3a9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3611.7 Four corner code
1-18-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e29 Unicode hex code

暖

13 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
一 ノ 又 日 爪
warmth
Kun:
あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める
On:
ダン、 ノン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1371 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暖 【ダン】 warming, warmth
  • 暖冬 【ダントウ】 mild winter, warm winter
  • 寒暖 【カンダン】 cold and heat, (degree of) temperature
  • 床暖 【ユカダン】 underfloor heating
  • 呑気 【ノンキ】 easy, easygoing, carefree, happy-go-lucky, optimistic, leisurely, careless, thoughtless
  • 暖簾 【ノレン】 (short) curtain hung at shop entrance, split curtain used to divide spaces in a house, reputation (of a store), good name, credit, goodwill

Kun reading compounds

  • 暖か 【あたたか】 warm, mild, genial
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい 【あたたかい】 warm, mild, (pleasantly) hot, considerate, kind, genial, warm (of a colour), mellow, having enough money
  • 暖かい色 【あたたかいいろ】 warm color, warm colour
  • 温まる 【あたたまる】 to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
  • 温める 【あたためる】 to warm (up), to heat (up), to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.), to keep to oneself, to nurse, to mull over, to renew (an old friendship), to take for oneself

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nuan3
Korean:
nan, hweon

Spanish

  • templado
  • cálido
  • caliente
  • calentar

Portuguese

  • caloroso

French

  • chaleur
945 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
932 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1164 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2153 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
917 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
605 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1882 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
635 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
645 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
339 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
994 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1274 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
922 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1968 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14064X Morohashi
1011 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2502 New Nelson (John Haig)
1949 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2099 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
964 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3867 2001 Kanji
4c9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
6204.7 Four corner code
1-35-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6696 Unicode hex code

化

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon 匕
Parts:
化 匕
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Kun:
ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code