Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
Variants:
rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
Kun:
むし.ろ
On:
ネイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1697 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寧夏回族自治区 【ネイカカイゾクジチク】 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
  • 寧日 【ネイジツ】 peaceful day
  • 西寧 【セイネイ】 Xining (China)
  • 静寧 【セイネイ】 peace, calm, tranquility

Kun reading compounds

  • 寧ろ 【むしろ】 rather, better, instead, if anything

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 やす、 やすし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ning2, ning4
Korean:
nyeong

Spanish

  • pacífico
  • tranquilo
  • bondadoso

Portuguese

  • melhor
  • preferivelmente

French

  • plutôt
  • de préférence
  • paisible
1678 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1982 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1335 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1602 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1412 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1501 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1378 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
496 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2959 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2061 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
842 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7296P Morohashi
2345 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 New Nelson (John Haig)
834 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
897 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1700 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
753 2001 Kanji
3m11.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3020.1 Four corner code
1-39-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5be7 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
waves, billows, Poland
Kun:
なみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
740 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 波 【ハ】 counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
  • 波及 【ハキュウ】 spread, extension, influence, aftereffect, ripple
  • 低周波 【テイシュウハ】 low frequency
  • 横波 【ヨコナミ】 transverse wave, beam sea

Kun reading compounds

  • 波 【なみ】 wave, ups and downs
  • 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
  • 高波 【たかなみ】 high waves, heavy seas
  • 横波 【よこなみ】 transverse wave, beam sea

Readings

Japanese names:
ひら、 みな、 みなみ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo1, po1
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • onda
  • ola
  • Polonia

Portuguese

  • ondas
  • vagas
  • Polônia

French

  • onde
  • vague
  • Pologne
298 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
387 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
367 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
606 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2529 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
484 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
677 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
596 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
666 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
677 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
913 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1177 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
388 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
292 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
811 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17308 Morohashi
330 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3101 New Nelson (John Haig)
803 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
866 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
309 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3414.7 Four corner code
1-39-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ce2 Unicode hex code