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小

3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant 小
Parts:
小
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
  • 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
  • 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
  • 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium

Kun reading compounds

  • 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
  • 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

泉

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水 白
spring, fountain
Kun:
いずみ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 泉水 【センスイ】 garden pond, miniature lake, fountain
  • 泉下 【センカ】 Hades, the hereafter
  • 源泉 【ゲンセン】 source (of a spring, etc.), source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring
  • 天然温泉 【テンネンオンセン】 natural hot spring

Kun reading compounds

  • 泉 【いずみ】 spring, fountain
  • 泉熱 【いずみねつ】 Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
  • 知識の泉 【ちしきのいずみ】 source of knowledge

Readings

Japanese names:
いず、 ずい、 ずみ、 ぜい、 ぜん、 の
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan2
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • manantial
  • fuente

Portuguese

  • Fonte
  • nascente

French

  • source
  • fontaine
926 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
915 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
902 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3099 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
915 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
965 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1192 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1253 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
840 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1154 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3176 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1636 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
135 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17274 Morohashi
2567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3095 New Nelson (John Haig)
133 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
140 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
842 2001 Kanji
3a5.33 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2623.2 Four corner code
1-32-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cc9 Unicode hex code

淳

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亠 口 子 汁
Variants:
湻
pure
Kun:
あつ.い
On:
ジュン、 シュン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1629 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
  • 淳久堂 【ジュンクドウ】 Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 きよ、 きよし、 まこと、 すなお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • grueso
  • espeso
  • puro

Portuguese

French

2590 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1947 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
626 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
378 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17690 Morohashi
514 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3189 New Nelson (John Haig)
2318 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2410 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 2001 Kanji
3a7.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
3014.7 Four corner code
1-29-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df3 Unicode hex code

嗣

13 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 ｜ 亅 冂 口
heir, succeed
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 嗣 【シ】 succession, successor
  • 嗣業 【シギョウ】 succeeding to a business
  • 継嗣 【ケイシ】 successor, heir, heiress
  • 世子 【セイシ】 heir, successor

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 つかさ、 つぎ、 つぐ、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • heredero
  • sucesor

Portuguese

  • herdeiro
  • é bem-sucedido

French

  • héritier
  • succéder
1321 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2018 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
969 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1671 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1142 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1917 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2097 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1885 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
333 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1131 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4109 Morohashi
1719 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
868 New Nelson (John Haig)
1867 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2011 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1611 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3749 2001 Kanji
3d10.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
6722.0 Four corner code
1-27-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
55e3 Unicode hex code