Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
grandchild, descendants
Kun:
まご
On:
ソン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 孫 【ソン】 descendant (usu. of a certain generation), lineage, pedigree, grandchild
  • 孫悟空 【ソンゴクウ】 Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West), Monkey King, Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
  • 愛孫 【アイソン】 one's beloved grandchild
  • 外孫 【ガイソン】 grandchild from a daughter married into another family

Kun reading compounds

  • 孫 【まご】 grandchild
  • 孫子 【まごこ】 children and grandchildren, posterity, descendants
  • 初孫 【ういまご】 first grandchild
  • 内孫 【ないそん】 child of one's heir

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sun1
Korean:
son

Spanish

  • nieto
  • descendientes

Portuguese

  • neto
  • descendentes

French

  • petits-enfants
  • descendants
458 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
565 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
538 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1356 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
644 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
457 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1540 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
910 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
932 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
463 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
492 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
305 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
370 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1405 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6987 Morohashi
410 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1296 New Nelson (John Haig)
1393 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1494 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
551 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3541 2001 Kanji
2c7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-2-7 SKIP code
1249.3 Four corner code
1-34-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b6b Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
swallow (bird)
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 燕窩 【エンカ】 swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
  • 燕楽 【エンガク】 Ancient Chinese banquet music
  • 後燕 【コウエン】 Later Yan (dynastic Chinese state)
  • 飛燕 【ヒエン】 swallow in flight

Kun reading compounds

  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
  • 若い燕 【わかいつばめ】 young lover of an older woman, boy toy
  • 小洞燕 【しょうどうつばめ】 sand martin (Riparia riparia)
  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕 【つばめ】 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family), martin, barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), younger man involved with an older woman, boy toy
  • 燕魚 【つばめうお】 longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish), Tiera batfish, flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4, yan1
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • golondrina

Portuguese

French

4070 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2570 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3142 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19429 Morohashi
3489 New Nelson (John Haig)
2869 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2882 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k13.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-12 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
1-17-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71d5 Unicode hex code

姿

9 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
figure, form, shape
Kun:
すがた
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
441 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 姿勢 【シセイ】 posture, pose, position, stance, carriage (of the body), attitude, approach, stance
  • 姿勢制御 【シセイセイギョ】 attitude control, postural control
  • 雄姿 【ユウシ】 majestic figure, imposing figure, impressive appearance, magnificent appearance
  • 英姿 【エイシ】 gallant figure, impressive figure, noble appearance

Kun reading compounds

  • 姿 【すがた】 figure, form, shape, appearance, dress, guise, state, condition, picture, image, form (of a waka), dressed in ..., wearing ...
  • 姿絵 【すがたえ】 portrait
  • 晴れ姿 【はれすがた】 appearing in one's finest clothes, appearing in one's hour of triumph
  • 舞姿 【まいすがた】 dancing figure, one's appearance when dancing, dancing posture

Readings

Japanese names:
しな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • figura
  • forma
  • apariencia

Portuguese

  • figura
  • formulário
  • forma

French

  • silhouette
  • forme
  • aspect
888 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
877 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
592 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1133 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1193 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1217 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
929 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
953 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
661 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
429 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
485 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6257X Morohashi
2636 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1216 New Nelson (John Haig)
474 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
513 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
883 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
369 2001 Kanji
3e6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3740.4 Four corner code
1-27-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59ff Unicode hex code