Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber
  • 開口 【カイコウ】 opening, aperture (e.g. camera), opening one's mouth, beginning to speak, open, broad
  • 経口 【ケイコウ】 taken by mouth, oral
  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口 【クチ】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 赤口 【シャッコウ】 day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 口 【くち】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 口利き 【くちきき】 mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman, influential person, person of influence, eloquence, eloquent person, way of speaking
  • 切り口 【きりくち】 cut end, section, opening, slit, point of view, (different) perspective, new approach
  • 大口 【おおぐち】 big mouth, mouth opened wide, boastful speech, tall talk, bragging, boasting, large amount, large quantity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • boca
  • orificio
  • apertura

Portuguese

  • boca

French

  • bouche
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
20 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
54 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3227 Morohashi
3382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 New Nelson (John Haig)
11 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
16 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-3-0 SKIP code
6000.0 Four corner code
1-24-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e3 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
truth, reality, Buddhist sect
Kun:
まこと
On:
シン
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 真言 【シンゴン】 mantra, Shingon sect

Kun reading compounds

  • 真面目 【まじめ】 serious, earnest, sober, grave, honest, sincere

Readings

Japanese names:
さな、 ち、 まこ、 まさ、 まつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

Portuguese

French

753 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1496 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1429A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2615 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23235 Morohashi
2110 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3927 New Nelson (John Haig)
2k8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2280.1 Four corner code
2180.1 Four corner code
1-66-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
771e Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
bow, bow (archery, violin)
Kun:
ゆみ
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1802 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弓 【キュウ】 bow (and arrow), unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet), unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
  • 弓矢 【ユミヤ】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 洋弓 【ヨウキュウ】 (Western) archery, Western-style bow
  • 鰓弓 【サイキュウ】 branchial arch, gill arch

Kun reading compounds

  • 弓 【ゆみ】 bow (weapon), archery, bow (for a violin, etc.)
  • 弓矢 【ゆみや】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 大弓 【だいきゅう】 bow, longbow
  • 上げ弓 【あげゆみ】 up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
こ、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gung

Spanish

  • arco

Portuguese

  • arquear
  • arco (arma
  • violino)

French

  • arc
  • archet
107 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
836 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1539 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1560 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1419 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1268 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
95 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
212 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
604 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4193 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1239 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9692 Morohashi
3383 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1678 New Nelson (John Haig)
1231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
83 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3552 2001 Kanji
3h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
1720.7 Four corner code
1772.7 Four corner code
1-21-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f13 Unicode hex code