Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
dwell, Sung dynasty
On:
ソウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2058 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 宋 【ソウ】 Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279), Sung dynasty, Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479), Liu Sung dynasty, Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE), Sung
  • 宋音 【ソウオン】 sō-on, Song reading, on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)
  • 北宋 【ホクソウ】 Northern Song dynasty (of China; 960-1127)
  • 入宋 【ニッソウ】 journeying to Song China during the Heian and Kamakura periods

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song4
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • dinastía china Sung

Portuguese

French

1285 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
468 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2730 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7078 Morohashi
1313 New Nelson (John Haig)
2215 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2326 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
3090.4 Four corner code
1-33-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b8b Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1643 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 佳 【カ】 beautiful, good, excellent
  • 佳作 【カサク】 good piece of work, honourable mention (honorable)
  • 絶佳 【ゼッカ】 superb (view, landscape)
  • 風光絶佳 【フウコウゼッカ】 scenic beauty

Readings

Japanese names:
けい、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga, gae

Spanish

  • excelente
  • bello
  • bonito

Portuguese

  • bom
  • belo
  • excelente
  • agradável
  • hábil

French

  • excellent
  • beau
  • bon
  • plaisant
  • habile
1044 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1606 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
429 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1450 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1044 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
560 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1462 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1931 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
87 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
63 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
68 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
979 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
557 Morohashi
86 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 New Nelson (John Haig)
970 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1044 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1149 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2421.4 Four corner code
1-18-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f73 Unicode hex code