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姚

9 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
儿 冫 女
beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
ヨウ、 チョウ
2433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao2
Korean:
yo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1088 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
6202 Morohashi
1207 New Nelson (John Haig)
3e6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4241.3 Four corner code
1-53-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59da Unicode hex code

嘉

14 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
力 口 士
applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious
Kun:
よみ.する、 よい
On:
カ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1553 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
  • 嘉納 【カノウ】 accepting with pleasure
  • 正嘉 【ショウカ】 Shōka era (1257.3.14-1259.3.26)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘉する 【よみする】 to praise (someone of lower status), to extol, to applaud, to esteem

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 よし、 よしみ、 かず、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • bueno
  • bonito
  • alabar
  • alegrarse

Portuguese

French

1136 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1915 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2184 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2041 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2953 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1516 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2056 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4176 Morohashi
2340 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
887 New Nelson (John Haig)
2852 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2868 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3p11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
4046.1 Four corner code
1-18-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5609 Unicode hex code

文

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature 文
Parts:
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみ、 あや
On:
ブン、 モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code