Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
recreation, pleasure
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1827 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 娯楽 【ゴラク】 amusement, entertainment, recreation, pleasure, pastime, hobby
  • 娯遊 【ゴユウ】 amusement, pleasure, recreation, leisure

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • recreo
  • placer
  • diversión
  • disfrute

Portuguese

  • recreação
  • prazer

French

  • divertissement
  • distraction
1238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1622 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1226 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1801 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1196 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1437 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1527 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1329 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
443 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
301 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
366 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1916 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6307P Morohashi
405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231 New Nelson (John Haig)
1898 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2047 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1321 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1761 2001 Kanji
3e7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
4648.1 Four corner code
1-24-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a2f Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
play
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park
  • 浮遊 【フユウ】 floating, drifting, suspension, wandering (about)
  • 外遊 【ガイユウ】 foreign travel
  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park

Kun reading compounds

  • 遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time, to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to meet up (with friends), to hang out, to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.), to go to (for pleasure or for study), to tease (someone), to play (with), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
  • 遊糸 【ゆうし】 gossamer, heat haze, shimmer of hot air
  • 遊ばす 【あそばす】 to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain, to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste, to do, to do

Readings

Japanese names:
あす、 う
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • jugar
  • viajar
  • moverse libremente

Portuguese

  • Jogo
  • jogar

French

  • jouer
326 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
402 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
728 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
587 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
962 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1809 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1003 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1040 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
196 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
712 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3896 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1056 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38994P Morohashi
3142 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6093 New Nelson (John Haig)
1047 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
411 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
447 2001 Kanji
2q8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-2-8 SKIP code
3830.4 Four corner code
1-45-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
904a Unicode hex code