Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
heavens, sky, imperial
Kun:
あまつあめあま-
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
  • 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
  • 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
  • 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism

Kun reading compounds

  • 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
  • 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
  • 天 【あめ】 sky
  • 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • paraíso
  • cielo
  • imperial

Portuguese

  • paraíso
  • ceú
  • imperiais

French

  • cieux
  • ciel
  • impérial
119 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
67 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
58 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
364 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
16 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
78 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
93 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
462 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
410 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4250 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
435 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5833 Morohashi
3442 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1138 New Nelson (John Haig)
428 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
277 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
34 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3163 2001 Kanji
0a4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1043.0 Four corner code
1-37-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5929 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
horizon, shore, limit, bound
Kun:
はて
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 際涯 【サイガイ】 limits, boundary, end
  • 水涯 【スイガイ】 water's edge

Kun reading compounds

  • 涯 【はて】 horizon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2
Korean:
ae, eui

Spanish

  • horizonte
  • orilla
  • límite
  • extremo

Portuguese

  • horizonte
  • costa

French

  • horizon
  • rivage
1069 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1533 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2584 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1824 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1477 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1461 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1555 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1497 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1204 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
376 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
159 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17582 Morohashi
512 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3181 New Nelson (John Haig)
157 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1452 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372 2001 Kanji
3a8.33 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3111.4 Four corner code
1-19-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6daf Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete
Parts:
Variants:
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
neighboring
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隣国 【リンゴク】 neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country
  • 隣家 【リンカ】 neighbouring house, neighboring house
  • 善隣 【ゼンリン】 good neighbour, good neighbor
  • 四隣 【シリン】 whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries

Kun reading compounds

  • 隣る 【となる】 to neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border
  • 隣 【となり】 next (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
  • 隣り合う 【となりあう】 to adjoin each other, to sit side by side
  • 先隣 【さきとなり】 next door but one, (a house) two doors away
  • 一軒置いて隣 【いっけんおいてとなり】 next door but one

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rin

Spanish

  • colindante
  • vecino
  • colindar

Portuguese

  • vizinho

French

  • voisin
1915 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1002 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5023 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1040 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1882 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2443 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
809 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
828 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
980 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
752 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
961 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1320 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41847 Morohashi
781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6484 New Nelson (John Haig)
1311 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1408 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1862 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2d13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
1-2-13 SKIP code
7925.9 Four corner code
1-46-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96a3 Unicode hex code