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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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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

葉

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 木 世
leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Kun:
は
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
  • 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
  • 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
  • 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe

Kun reading compounds

  • 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
  • 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
  • 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
よ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2, ye4, she4
Korean:
yeob, seob

Spanish

  • hoja
  • contador de cosas planas
  • follaje

Portuguese

  • folha
  • avião
  • ponta
  • agulha
  • lâmina
  • lança
  • sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas

French

  • feuille
  • lobe
  • aiguille
  • brin (herbe)
  • fragment
  • compteur d'objets plats
327 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
428 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
405 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
405 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
569 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2912 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
233 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31387P Morohashi
2321 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5129 New Nelson (John Haig)
228 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
275 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
412 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-45-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8449 Unicode hex code

団

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 寸
Variants:
團
group, association
Kun:
かたまり、 まる.い
On:
ダン、 トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
213 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 団 【ダン】 body, group, party, company, troupe
  • 団員 【ダンイン】 group member
  • 退団 【タイダン】 leaving (a group, team, etc.)
  • 営団 【エイダン】 corporation, foundation
  • 敷き布団 【シキブトン】 futon (laid on the floor), (Japanese) mattress, underquilt, sleeping mat
  • 水団 【スイトン】 flour dumplings in soup

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuan2
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • grupo
  • asociación
  • compañía
  • redondo

Portuguese

  • grupo
  • associação

French

  • groupe
  • association
672 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
772 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
749 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1027 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
243 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
421 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
310 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
491 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
500 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
366 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
339 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3791 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1935 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
589 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4703P Morohashi
3053 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
940 New Nelson (John Haig)
582 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
625 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
336 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
661 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
3s3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6034.0 Four corner code
1-35-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56e3 Unicode hex code

扇

10 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 冫 尸 戸 羽
fan, folding fan
Kun:
おうぎ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1805 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 扇子 【センス】 folding fan
  • 扇形 【オウギガタ】 fan shape, sector
  • 換気扇 【カンキセン】 ventilation fan, extractor fan
  • 夏炉冬扇 【カロトウセン】 summer fires and winter fans, useless things

Kun reading compounds

  • 扇 【おうぎ】 folding fan
  • 扇形 【おうぎがた】 fan shape, sector
  • 舞扇 【まいおうぎ】 dancer's fan
  • 絵扇 【えおうぎ】 fan painted with a picture

Readings

Japanese names:
おう、 おおぎ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan4, shan1
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • abanico
  • abanicar
  • agitar el aire
  • abanico plegable

Portuguese

  • Leque. Leque de dobrar

French

  • ventilateur
  • éventail
1492 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1442 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1823 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1430 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1333 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1156 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1555 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1657 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1733 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
845 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2449 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1239 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1704 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1088 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11743P Morohashi
1950 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2056 New Nelson (John Haig)
1079 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1160 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1337 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3053 2001 Kanji
4m6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-9 SKIP code
3-4-6 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-32-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6247 Unicode hex code

楓

13 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ノ 几 木 虫 風
maple
Kun:
かえで
On:
フウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 楓 【フウ】 Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
  • 楓子香 【フウシコウ】 galbanum (gum resin from fennel)
  • 松楓 【ショウフウ】 maple
  • 紅葉葉楓 【モミジバフウ】 sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), redgum

Kun reading compounds

  • 楓 【かえで】 maple (Acer spp.), maple tree
  • 楓鳥 【かえでちょう】 black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes), estrildid (any bird of family Estrildidae), waxbill
  • 唐楓 【とうかえで】 trident maple, acer buergerianum
  • 砂糖楓 【さとうかえで】 sugar maple (Acer saccharum), rock maple

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
pung

Spanish

  • arce

Portuguese

French

2315 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1892 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2120 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15126 Morohashi
1015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2777 New Nelson (John Haig)
2471 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2538 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a9.28 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4791.0 Four corner code
1-41-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6953 Unicode hex code