Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
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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On reading compounds

  • 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

6 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
rice, USA, metre
Kun:
こめよね
On:
ベイマイメエトル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 米 【ベイ】 (United States of) America, USA
  • 米価 【ベイカ】 rice price
  • 在米 【ザイベイ】 being in the United States, staying in the United States, residing in the United States
  • 対米 【タイベイ】 relating to the USA, toward America, with America
  • 精米 【セイマイ】 rice polishing, polished rice
  • 白米 【ハクマイ】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Kun reading compounds

  • 米 【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity, (online) comment
  • 米倉 【こめぐら】 rice granary
  • お米 【おこめ】 (husked grains of) rice
  • アルボリオ米 【アルボリオこめ】 arborio rice (Italian variety)
  • 米 【よね】 88 years old, rice
  • 米沢牛 【よねざわぎゅう】 Yonezawa beef
  • 白米 【はくまい】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 べ、 まべ、 め、 よ、 よな、 よの、 よま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • arroz
  • América
  • arroz (crudo)

Portuguese

  • arroz
  • EUA

French

  • grain de riz
  • Amérique
  • un mètre
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
220 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
201 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3461 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
112 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
803 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
224 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1493 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2198 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
928 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26832 Morohashi
3529 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4380 New Nelson (John Haig)
919 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
987 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
155 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
6b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
9090.4 Four corner code
1-42-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c73 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
mosquito
Kun:
On:
ブン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蚊帳 【カヤ】 mosquito net
  • 夜鷹 【ヨタカ】 grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus), nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae), goatsucker, streetwalker, low class prostitute (Edo period), soba vendors who walk around at night, soba sold by these vendors
  • 金蚉 【カナブン】 drone beetle (scarabaeid beetle) (Rhomborrhina japonica)

Kun reading compounds

  • 蚊 【か】 mosquito
  • 蚊帳 【かや】 mosquito net
  • マラリア蚊 【マラリアか】 malaria mosquito
  • 家蚊 【いえか】 house mosquito (genus Culex)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • mosquito

Portuguese

  • mosquito

French

  • moustique
1056 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1771 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4123 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1714 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1135 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1876 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2041 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1860 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1605 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1744 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32849 Morohashi
1319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5288 New Nelson (John Haig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1864 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1387 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
6d4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
5014.0 Four corner code
1-18-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
868a Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
Variants:
notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent
Kun:
とばり
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帳 【チョウ】 book, register
  • 帳消し 【チョウケシ】 writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books, cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out
  • 記帳 【キチョウ】 registry, entry, book-keeping, signature
  • 台帳 【ダイチョウ】 account book, ledger, register

Kun reading compounds

  • 帳 【とばり】 curtain, hanging, bunting
  • 夜の帳 【よるのとばり】 veil of darkness, curtain of night

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • registro
  • libro de cuentas

Portuguese

  • caderno
  • livro contábil
  • álbum

French

  • cahier
  • livre de comptes
  • album
470 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
347 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1181 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1478 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
851 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1251 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1159 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
567 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
572 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
347 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1941 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8939 Morohashi
473 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 New Nelson (John Haig)
1922 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2072 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
381 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1665 2001 Kanji
3f8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4123.2 Four corner code
1-36-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e33 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 懸吊 【ケンチョウ】 suspension, hanging

Kun reading compounds

  • 吊る 【つる】 to hang, to suspend, to sling, to wear (e.g. a sword), to put up (e.g. a shelf), to hang oneself, to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth, to turn upwards (as if being pulled), to be slanted (of eyes), to pucker (e.g. of a seam), to be pulled tight
  • 吊るす 【つるす】 to hang, to hang up
  • 吊るす 【つるす】 to hang, to hang up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao4
Korean:
jo, jeog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

884 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2686 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3291 Morohashi
2163 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
710 New Nelson (John Haig)
2171 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2289 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d3.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
6022.7 Four corner code
1-36-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540a Unicode hex code