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

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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

19 strokes
Radical:
fish
Parts:
Variants:
sea bream, red snapper
Kun:
たい
On:
チョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2446 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鯛 【たい】 sea bream (Sparidae), porgy, tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
  • 鯛車 【たいぐるま】 traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
  • 青武鯛 【あおぶたい】 Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
  • 腐っても鯛 【くさってもたい】 a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond, quality is quality, an old eagle is better than a young crow, even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao1
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • pargo
  • palometa
  • besugo

Portuguese

French

5305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1971 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2832 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2272 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2360 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46226P Morohashi
1881 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6884 New Nelson (John Haig)
2812 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2827 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
2732.0 Four corner code
1-34-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9bdb Unicode hex code