Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
heart, interior
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1018 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 奥義 【オウギ】 secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence, heart
  • 最奥 【サイオウ】 deep inside, innermost place
  • 内奥 【ナイオウ】 inner part, depths

Kun reading compounds

  • 奥 【おく】 inner part, interior, back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave), heart, end (of a road, garden, etc.), living quarters (at the back of a house), inner room, recesses (of one's mind), bottom (of one's heart), behind (someone's words), mysteries (of an art)
  • 奥地 【おくち】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 山奥 【やまおく】 deep in the mountains, mountain recesses
  • 大奥 【おおおく】 inner palace (in Edo Castle), palace's ladies chambers, shogun's harem
  • 奥まる 【おくまる】 to lie deep in, to extend far back

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おお、 おん、 つ、 のく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ao4
Korean:
o, ug

Spanish

  • profundo
  • interior
  • esposa

Portuguese

  • coração
  • interior

French

  • intérieur
  • coeur
  • fond
  • épouse
1038 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
878 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
240 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
930 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
448 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1798 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
476 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
484 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
71 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
419 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3503 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1806 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
937 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5981 Morohashi
2824 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1165 New Nelson (John Haig)
928 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
997 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1520 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
863 2001 Kanji
6b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-3 SKIP code
4-12-4 SKIP code
2-10-2 SKIP code
2743.0 Four corner code
1-17-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5965 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
pottery, porcelain
Kun:
すえ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1680 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陶芸 【トウゲイ】 ceramic art, ceramics
  • 陶器 【トウキ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, (soft-paste) porcelain, china
  • 製陶 【セイトウ】 porcelain manufacturing
  • 作陶 【サクトウ】 porcelain making, ceramics making, pottery making

Kun reading compounds

  • 陶 【すえ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, porcelain
  • 須恵器 【すえき】 Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2, yao2
Korean:
do, yo

Spanish

  • alfarería
  • porcelana
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • cerâmica
  • porcelana

French

  • poterie
  • porcelaine
1650 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1596 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1481 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1875 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1565 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1650 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1763 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1526 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
738 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
662 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1985 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41705 Morohashi
546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1966 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1498 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3652 2001 Kanji
2d8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9676 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 紀 【キ】 period, Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE), Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan, Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
  • 紀元前 【キゲンゼン】 pre-era, BC, BCE
  • デボン紀 【デボンキ】 Devonian period
  • 前世紀 【ゼンセイキ】 last century, previous century, ancient times, old times

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ、 ただす、 とし、 とも、 のり、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • crónica
  • normas
  • era

Portuguese

  • crônica
  • contos
  • narrativa
  • história
  • anais
  • período geológico

French

  • chronique
  • compte-rendu
  • narration
  • histoire
  • annales
  • ère géologique
578 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
472 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
449 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
930 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3497 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
666 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1619 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
372 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
373 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
634 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1512 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1628 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
856 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1366 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27234 Morohashi
1276 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4439 New Nelson (John Haig)
1354 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1454 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
521 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2791.7 Four corner code
1-21-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d00 Unicode hex code