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宇

6 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
亅 宀 干
eaves, roof, house, heaven
On:
ウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
883 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 宇 【ウ】 Ukraine
  • 宇 【ウ】 counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
  • 大宇 【ダイウ】 Daewoo (car company)
  • 航宇 【コウウ】 aerospace

Readings

Japanese names:
いえ、 たか、 ひろ、 ひろし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • edificio grande
  • cielo
  • sensación

Portuguese

  • Beira de telhado
  • teto
  • casa
  • paraíso

French

  • firmament
  • cieux
  • auvent
  • toit
  • maison
829 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
811 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
757 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1280 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1286 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
459 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
285 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
990 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1027 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1252 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
465 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2699 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1377 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1863 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1672 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7067 Morohashi
2175 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1309 New Nelson (John Haig)
1656 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1785 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
839 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
747 2001 Kanji
3m3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
3040.1 Four corner code
1-17-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b87 Unicode hex code

牟

6 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
厶 牛
pupil (eye), moo (cow sound)
On:
ボウ、 ム
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2092 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 牟子 【ムシ】 conical hat with a veil
  • 牟尼 【ムニ】 muni (Indian ascetic or sage), Buddha

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mou2, mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

849 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
455 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2518 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1745 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19928 Morohashi
3533 New Nelson (John Haig)
2961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2965 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4g2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2350.0 Four corner code
1-44-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
725f Unicode hex code

須

12 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 彡 目 貝 頁
ought, by all means, necessarily
Kun:
すべから.く、 すべし、 ひげ、 まつ、 もち.いる、 もと.める
On:
ス、 シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1339 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 須恵器 【スエキ】 Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
  • 須義 【スギ】 cobia (Rachycentron canadum), sergeant fish
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 提宇子 【ダイウス】 God
  • 須髯 【シュゼン】 beard
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 須らく 【すべからく】 absolutely (ought to), by all means, all, entirely

Readings

Japanese names:
もとむ、 ぞ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu1
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • instante
  • desear
  • anhelar
  • esperar

Portuguese

French

  • nécessité
  • certainement
  • devrait faire
936 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1592 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1946 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1544 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2263 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1531 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
700 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
419 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1734 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43352 Morohashi
574 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6618 New Nelson (John Haig)
1718 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1854 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3j9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2128.6 Four corner code
1-31-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9808 Unicode hex code

骨

10 strokes
Radical:
bone 骨
Parts:
冂 冖 月 骨
skeleton, bone, remains, frame
Kun:
ほね
On:
コツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
936 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 骨 【コツ】 knack, skill, trick, secret, know-how, the ropes, hang, bone, skeleton, cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes
  • 骨髄 【コツズイ】 bone marrow, medulla, heart's core, depths of one's heart, main point, vital part
  • 白骨 【ハッコツ】 white (bleached) bone, skeleton
  • 鉄骨 【テッコツ】 steel frame, steel beam, steel girder

Kun reading compounds

  • 骨 【ほね】 bone, frame, outline, core, backbone, spirit, fortitude, laborious, troublesome, difficult
  • 骨抜き 【ほねぬき】 boning (fish or meat), deboning, watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation, taking the backbone out of, weakening
  • 河骨 【こうほね】 Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
  • お骨 【おこつ】 cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, gu1, gu2
Korean:
gol

Spanish

  • hueso
  • esqueleto

Portuguese

  • esqueleto
  • osso
  • permanecer
  • moldura

French

  • os
  • squelette
  • restes
  • charpente
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
867 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1081 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
971 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1017 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1266 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1104 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1922 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3288 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1297 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45098 Morohashi
2654 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6784 New Nelson (John Haig)
1288 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
899 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3646 2001 Kanji
4b6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-25-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9aa8 Unicode hex code

牌

12 strokes
Radical:
slice 片
Parts:
片 十 田
label, signboard, medal, mahjong tiles
Kun:
ぱい、 ふだ
On:
ハイ
2247 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 牌 【ハイ】 medal, shield, badge, card on which dharani (etc.) are written, notice board (in a Zen temple), tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
  • 牌姿 【ハイシ】 tiles in one's hand
  • 賞牌 【ショウハイ】 medal
  • 位牌 【イハイ】 Buddhist mortuary tablet

Kun reading compounds

  • 牌 【パイ】 tile
  • 牌九 【パイガオ】 pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)
  • 花牌 【はなはい】 flower tile
  • 配牌 【はいパイ】 starting tiles, initial hand, dealt tiles

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2
Korean:
pae, bae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2845 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
19854 Morohashi
3528 New Nelson (John Haig)
2873 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2885 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
2604.0 Four corner code
1-39-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
724c Unicode hex code