Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
princess
Kun:
ひめひめ-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1566 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舞姫 【マイヒメ】 female dancer, dancing girl, danseuse
  • 寵姫 【チョウキ】 one's favorite mistress, one's favourite mistress

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 姫君 【ひめぎみ】 daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
  • 歌姫 【うたひめ】 songstress, diva
  • 舞姫 【まいひめ】 female dancer, dancing girl, danseuse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • princesa

Portuguese

  • princesa

French

  • princesse
1738 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1534 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1216 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1220 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1191 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1358 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1757 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1868 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
445 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
489 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
857 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6229 Morohashi
407 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1217 New Nelson (John Haig)
849 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
912 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1320 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1775 2001 Kanji
3e7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
4141.7 Four corner code
1-41-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59eb Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蜘蛛 【クモ】 spider

Kun reading compounds

  • 蜘蛛 【くも】 spider
  • くも貝 【くもがい】 spider conch (Lambis lambis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4158 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33134 Morohashi
5342 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
5610.0 Four corner code
1-35-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8718 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蛛形綱 【チュケイコウ】 Arachnida
  • 蛛形類 【チュケイルイ】 arachnids
  • 蛛形類 【チュケイルイ】 arachnids

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4131 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33002 Morohashi
5307 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
5519.0 Four corner code
1-73-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86db Unicode hex code