Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
cover, suffocate, obstruct
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2047 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奄々 【エンエン】 gasping
  • 奄々 【エンエン】 gasping
  • 気息奄々 【キソクエンエン】 gasping for breath, at one's last gasp, breathing feebly, on the brink of death, more dead than alive

Readings

Japanese names:
あま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan3, yan1
Korean:
eom

Spanish

  • cubrir
  • esconder
  • ocultar
  • en seguida
  • de momento
  • aliento débil
  • respiración débil

Portuguese

French

1173 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
668 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2757 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
5881 Morohashi
1146 New Nelson (John Haig)
2055 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2212 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4071.6 Four corner code
1-17-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5944 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
beauty, beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 美 【ビ】 beauty
  • 美意識 【ビイシキ】 sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
  • 華美 【カビ】 splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
  • 造形美 【ゾウケイビ】 beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape
  • 御 【ミ】 august, beautiful
  • 見事 【ミゴト】 splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
  • 水野亜美 【ミズノアミ】 Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon character)
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 美しい 【うつくしい】 beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 よし、 よしみ、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • belleza
  • bello

Portuguese

  • beleza
  • bela

French

  • beauté
  • beau, belle
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
398 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
376 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
289 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
401 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28435 Morohashi
2264 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4660 New Nelson (John Haig)
548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
343 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
8043.1 Four corner code
1-40-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
black
Parts:
black
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
  • 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
  • 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
  • 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
  • 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
  • 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
  • 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
  • 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hei1
Korean:
heug

Spanish

  • negro
  • maldad

Portuguese

  • preto

French

  • noir
80 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
137 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
124 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
317 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5403 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
286 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
284 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1486 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1940 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3406 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
176 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48040 Morohashi
2740 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7052 New Nelson (John Haig)
174 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
186 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
204 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3640 2001 Kanji
4d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
6033.1 Four corner code
1-25-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ed2 Unicode hex code

8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
legs
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 兎に角 【トニカク】 anyway, anyhow, at any rate, in any case, at least, just, setting aside ..., regardless of ..., really, truly, certainly, definitely, undeniably
  • 兎角 【トカク】 (doing) various things, (doing) this and that, being apt to, being prone to, tending to, at any rate, anyhow, anyway, all sorts of (negative things), various, things that do not exist, rabbit horns
  • 烏兎 【ウト】 sun and moon, time, the years, the months
  • 狡兎 【コウト】 smart rabbit, cunning rabbit, nimble rabbit

Kun reading compounds

  • 兎 【うさぎ】 rabbit, hare, coney, cony, lagomorph (esp. leporids)
  • 兎網 【うさぎあみ】 rabbit-catching net
  • 月の兎 【つきのうさぎ】 moon rabbit, moon hare, mythical figure who lives on the moon
  • 飼兎 【かいうさぎ】 domestic rabbit (variety of European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu4
Korean:
to

Spanish

  • conejo
  • liebre

Portuguese

French

198 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
763 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4374 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1359X Morohashi
358 New Nelson (John Haig)
2093 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2235 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-4 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2051.3 Four corner code
1-37-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
514e Unicode hex code