Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
widow, minority, few
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寡 【カ】 minority, small numbers, unmarried person, widow, widower
  • 寡婦 【カフ】 widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman
  • 多寡 【タカ】 degree (of something), greatness or smallness (of something), quantity, number, amount, size
  • 鰥寡 【カンカ】 widow and widower, lonely people

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gua3
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • poco
  • solo
  • viudo

Portuguese

  • viúva
  • minoria
  • poucos

French

  • très peu
  • minorité
  • veuve
1053 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1935 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1337 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1855 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1216 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1851 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2007 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1660 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
494 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2957 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1518 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2059 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
791 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7286 Morohashi
2344 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1363 New Nelson (John Haig)
617 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
664 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1699 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
745 2001 Kanji
3m11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-18-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5be1 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
lady, woman, wife, bride
Kun:
よめ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婦 【フ】 married woman, woman, lady
  • 婦女暴行 【フジョボウコウ】 sexual assault (of a woman), rape
  • 保健婦 【ホケンフ】 district health nurse, public health nurse
  • 老婦 【ロウフ】 old woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • señora
  • mujer
  • esposa

Portuguese

  • dama
  • mulher
  • esposa
  • noiva

French

  • femme mariée
  • épouse
  • dame
  • femme
707 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
800 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
779 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
481 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1237 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
313 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
454 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1603 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
316 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
597 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
448 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1159 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6432P Morohashi
469 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1151 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
746 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1744 2001 Kanji
3e8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4742.7 Four corner code
1-41-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a66 Unicode hex code