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宝

8 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
丶 宀 王
Variants:
寶 寳 寚
treasure, wealth, valuables
Kun:
たから
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 宝飾 【ホウショク】 jewels and ornaments, jewelry, jewellery
  • 宝庫 【ホウコ】 treasury, treasure house, storehouse, repository, treasure trove, rich source (of)
  • 人間国宝 【ニンゲンコクホウ】 living national treasure
  • 至宝 【シホウ】 greatest treasure, most valuable asset, pride (of)

Kun reading compounds

  • 宝 【たから】 treasure
  • 宝くじ 【たからくじ】 lottery, lottery ticket
  • お宝 【おたから】 treasure, precious article, valuable possession, thing one treasures, picture of a treasure ship, money, cash
  • 正直は一生の宝 【しょうじきはいっしょうのたから】 honesty is the best policy

Readings

Japanese names:
ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • tesoro
  • bienes de valor

Portuguese

  • tesouro
  • riqueza
  • valores

French

  • trésor
  • richesses
  • objets de valeur
983 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
971 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
661 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1293 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
981 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
465 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
676 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
296 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
296 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
474 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2764 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
263 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7122 Morohashi
2224 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320 New Nelson (John Haig)
257 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
273 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
874 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3010.3 Four corner code
1-42-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b9d Unicode hex code

蔵

15 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
ノ 厂 艾 戈 臣
Variants:
藏 匨
storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
Kun:
くら、 おさ.める、 かく.れる
On:
ゾウ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
468 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 蔵 【ゾウ】 possession, ownership, Tibet, Tibetan people
  • 蔵書 【ゾウショ】 collection of books, (personal) library
  • 地蔵 【ジゾウ】 Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha, Jizō
  • 内蔵 【ナイゾウ】 internal (e.g. disk), built-in, equipped (with)
  • 秘蔵 【ヒゾウ】 treasuring, cherishing, prizing, holding dear

Kun reading compounds

  • 蔵 【くら】 warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
  • 蔵元 【くらもと】 brewery (sake, soy), brewer, warehouse overseer
  • 大蔵 【おおくら】 Ministry of Finance
  • お蔵 【おくら】 shelving (a play, movie, etc.), closing down, cancelling, canceling, rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

Readings

Japanese names:
くらし、 くらん、 くろう、 さし、 ざ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cang2, zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • almacén
  • depósito
  • bodega
  • esconder
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • armazém
  • esconder
  • possuir
  • ter

French

  • entrepôt
  • salle de stockage
  • cacher
  • avoir
  • posséder
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
936 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
429 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
779 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
873 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1111 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
667 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2995 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1530 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2088 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
858 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31885P Morohashi
2364 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5182 New Nelson (John Haig)
850 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
913 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
986 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1959 2001 Kanji
3k12.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-3-11 SKIP code
4425.3 Four corner code
1-34-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8535 Unicode hex code

院

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
二 儿 宀 阡 元
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 院 【イン】 house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.), graduate school, postgraduate school, institution (often medical), institutional building, government office, sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister, imperial palace, title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc., former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late
  • 院長 【インチョウ】 director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.), superintendent, rector
  • 議院 【ギイン】 parliament, congress, diet, house (of parliament, etc.), chamber
  • 棋院 【キイン】 go institution, go club, go hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • institución
  • templo
  • hospital

Portuguese

  • instituição
  • templo
  • mansão
  • escola

French

  • temple
  • institution
  • résidence
  • école
  • hôpital
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
249 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
236 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4991 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
237 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
614 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
729 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
544 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41665 Morohashi
454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6447 New Nelson (John Haig)
1304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
412 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
350 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2d7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-2-7 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-17-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9662 Unicode hex code

流

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亠 厶 川 汁
current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Kun:
なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
On:
リュウ、 ル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
280 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 流 【リュウ】 way, manner, style, fashion, mode, school (e.g. of flower arrangement), class, rate, rank, flow, current, stream
  • 旒 【リュウ】 counter for flags, banners, etc.
  • 清流 【セイリュウ】 clear stream
  • 火砕流 【カサイリュウ】 pyroclastic flow
  • 流 【ル】 exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
  • 流刑 【リュウケイ】 exile, banishment, deportation
  • 配流 【ハイル】 exile, banishment
  • 中流 【チュウル】 banishment (to a somewhat distant province), middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system

Kun reading compounds

  • 流れる 【ながれる】 to stream, to flow (liquid, time, etc.), to run (ink), to be washed away, to be carried, to drift, to float (e.g. clouds), to wander, to stray, to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire), to spread, to circulate, to be heard (e.g. music), to be played, to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair), to pass, to elapse, to be transmitted, to be called off, to be forfeited, to disappear, to be removed
  • 流れ 【ながれ】 flow (of a fluid or gas), stream, current, flow (of people, things), passage (of time), tide, passing, (changing) trends, tendency, course (of events), (step-by-step) procedure, process, group of people who remain together after the end of an event, descent, ancestry, school, forfeiture, foreclosure, cancellation, drifting, wandering, roaming
  • 流れ込む 【ながれこむ】 to flow into, to pour into, to stream into
  • 流す 【ながす】 to drain, to pour, to run, to let flow, to flush, to shed (blood, tears), to spill, to float (e.g. logs down a river), to set adrift, to wash away, to carry away, to sweep away, to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire), to circulate (a rumour, information, etc.), to spread, to distribute, to cruise (of a taxi), to stroll around (in search of customers, an audience, etc.), to go from place to place, to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill), to forfeit (a pawn), to do leisurely (e.g. running, swimming), to do with ease, to do effortlessly, to exile, to banish, to hit (the ball) to the opposite field, to do inattentively, to do without concentrating, to put little effort into doing

Readings

Japanese names:
な、 ながれ、 めぐる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • corriente
  • derramar
  • verter

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • afundar
  • fluxo
  • derrocada

French

  • courant
  • style
  • mode
  • évier
  • flux
  • confisquer (un article en gage)
334 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
432 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
409 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
296 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2576 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
329 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
682 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1332 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
247 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
279 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1200 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
529 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
325 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
400 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
771 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17572P Morohashi
441 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3160 New Nelson (John Haig)
764 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
826 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
235 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
367 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3011.3 Four corner code
3411.3 Four corner code
1-46-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d41 Unicode hex code

槍

14 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 个 口 木
spear, lance, javelin
Kun:
やり
On:
ソウ、 ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 槍騎兵 【ソウキヘイ】 lancer
  • 槍術 【ソウジュツ】 spearmanship
  • 聖槍 【セイソウ】 holy lance, sacred spear
  • 弓馬刀槍 【キュウバトウソウ】 archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship, martial arts in general

Kun reading compounds

  • 槍 【やり】 spear, lance, javelin, lance, jeering
  • 槍烏賊 【やりいか】 spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
  • 長槍 【ながやり】 long spear, pike
  • 毛槍 【けやり】 keyari, long, feathered ornamental spear carried at the head of a daimyo's procession

Readings

Japanese names:
うつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiang1
Korean:
chang, jaeng

Spanish

  • lanza
  • lanceta
  • arpón
  • jabalina

Portuguese

French

2342 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2100 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
966 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15319 Morohashi
2822 New Nelson (John Haig)
2516 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2576 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a10.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4896.7 Four corner code
1-33-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69cd Unicode hex code

術

11 strokes
Radical:
go, do 行
Parts:
丶 十 彳 木 行
art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic
Kun:
すべ
On:
ジュツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
350 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 術 【ジュツ】 art, technique, means, way, trick, trap, plot, stratagem, magic
  • 術後 【ジュツゴ】 postoperative, after surgery
  • 奇術 【キジュツ】 magic, conjuring, sleight of hand, legerdemain
  • 占星術 【センセイジュツ】 astrology

Kun reading compounds

  • 術 【すべ】 way, method, means
  • 術無し 【すべなし】 having no choice, at a loss for what to do, at one's wits' end
  • なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
  • 為ん術 【せんすべ】 (proper) methods

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, zhu2
Korean:
sul

Spanish

  • arte
  • técnica
  • manera de hacer las cosas

Portuguese

  • arte
  • técnica
  • habilidade
  • meios
  • truque
  • recursos
  • mágica

French

  • technique
  • art
  • moyens
  • tour
  • ressources
  • magie
636 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
732 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
708 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
299 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
447 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
877 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1298 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
187 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
187 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
370 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1614 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
575 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
433 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1539 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34046P Morohashi
476 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754 New Nelson (John Haig)
1525 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1644 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
322 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
736 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
3i8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
2122.1 Four corner code
2190.4 Four corner code
1-29-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8853 Unicode hex code