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

11 strokes
Radical:
village, mile
Parts:
Variants:
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Kun:
の-
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 野 【ノ】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野外 【ヤガイ】 outdoors, outside, open air, fields, outskirts, suburbs
  • 内野 【ナイヤ】 infield, diamond
  • 在野 【ザイヤ】 out of office, out of power, in opposition, unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist), in private practice

Kun reading compounds

  • 野 【の】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野末 【のずえ】 corners of a field
  • 裾野 【すその】 foot of a mountain, plain at the foot of a mountain, range, spread, extent, encompassing circle
  • 郊野 【こうの】 suburban fields

Readings

Japanese names:
ずけ、 つけ、 ぬ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • campo
  • llano
  • extensión
  • rango
  • natural
  • civil
  • no oficial

Portuguese

  • planícies
  • campo
  • rústico
  • vida de civil

French

  • sauvage
  • champ
  • rustique
  • vie civile
323 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
233 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
213 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
267 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1398 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
236 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
998 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1610 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40133 Morohashi
1485 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6208 New Nelson (John Haig)
1596 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
0a11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6712.2 Four corner code
1-44-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91ce Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
clear
Kun:
あきらか
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1666 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 煌々 【コウコウ】 brilliant, bright, dazzling
  • 晃曜 【コウヨウ】 dazzling brightness

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 てる、 ひかる、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang3, huang4
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • deslumbrante
  • claro

Portuguese

French

2123 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1938 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2092 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13891 Morohashi
2450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458 New Nelson (John Haig)
2446 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2522 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
6021.1 Four corner code
1-25-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6643 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
Variants:
subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 征服 【セイフク】 conquest, subjugation, overcoming (a difficulty), conquering (e.g. a mountain), mastery (of a skill)
  • 征圧 【セイアツ】 conquest, subjugation, overcoming, controlling
  • 出征 【シュッセイ】 going to war, departure for the front, departure for military service (in response to a draft)
  • 長征 【チョウセイ】 lengthy military expedition, Long March (China, 1934-1936), Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 そ、 ただ、 まさ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • subyugar
  • atacar lo rebelde
  • cobrar impuestos

Portuguese

  • subjugar
  • atacar rebeldes
  • coletar impostos

French

  • conquête
  • attaquer les barbares
  • collecter les taxes
1472 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1492 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1603 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1734 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1278 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
580 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1114 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1166 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1389 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
623 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
349 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
262 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
890 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10077 Morohashi
293 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1731 New Nelson (John Haig)
881 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
946 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1170 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2073 2001 Kanji
3i5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
1-32-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f81 Unicode hex code