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天

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
一 二 大
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

竺

8 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
二 竹 乞
bamboo
On:
ジク、 チク、 トク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 竺学 【ジクガク】 Indian studies, Buddhist studies
  • 天竺 【テンジク】 India, cotton sheeting, foreign, imported, ultra-spicy, extra hot
  • 唐天竺 【カラテンジク】 China and India, far away

Readings

Japanese names:
あつし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu2
Korean:
chug, dog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3367 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
729 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3248 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
25842 Morohashi
4247 New Nelson (John Haig)
2642 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2684 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-2 SKIP code
8810.1 Four corner code
1-28-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7afa Unicode hex code

浪

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 艮
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
On:
ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 浪 【ロウ】 person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
  • 浪人 【ロウニン】 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter
  • 放浪 【ホウロウ】 wandering, roaming, drifting
  • １浪 【イチロウ】 failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

Readings

Japanese names:
なに、 なみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • ola
  • onda
  • ondulación
  • fluctuación
  • divagación
  • vagar
  • inutilidad

Portuguese

  • vagabundando
  • ondas
  • vagas

French

  • ondes
  • vagues
  • flots
1937 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1445 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2570 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1197 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1475 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1339 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1753 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1877 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1398 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1202 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
527 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
323 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
398 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1482 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17482 Morohashi
439 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3155 New Nelson (John Haig)
1470 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1580 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365 2001 Kanji
3a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3313.2 Four corner code
1-47-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d6a Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code